Technology and its role in Language

Sulatin ni: Jonel Laude SITCHON JR. 

Technology and its role in Language

Technology has always been a means for humanity to solve their problems. Its nature is the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes. Technology’s role in Language is that it serves as a tool to project Language, tools such as Blackboards, Projectors, and Computers. 

Roles of Computers in Language

They can serve as Tutors. It can individualize instruction, provide learning materials at a controlled pace, and record student progress. Furthermore Computers can also serve as Tools. It can aid in reading, allow students to produce and format texts easily, facilitate revision of text, and check for spelling errors. It can store data in a compact and easily accessible form. Finally Computers can also serve as new modes of communication because of the development of new technologies.

How the digital era has changed the lives of Pinoys

Written by CNN Philippines Life Staff

Updated Mar 23, 2018 7:22:51 PM

 

Manila (CNN Philippines Life) — Majority of Filipinos are still glued to their T.V. sets, consuming news, telenovelas, and other kinds of shows. But that might be changing soon.

According to a recent Nielsen Global Video-on-Demand (VOD) Survey, 81 percent of Filipino respondents subscribe to an online video service provider and 85 percent said they prefer to watch VOD during their most convenient times.

The disruption on broadcast television is slowly trickling down from the U.S. to the Philippines. People are consuming more on-demand content, watching their favorite T.V. shows whenever they have free time instead of the usual channel schedule.

“Nowadays, T.V. content viewing doesn’t just happen on T.V. screens,” says CNN Philippines’ Mitzi Borromeo, the host of the news channel’s first digital show, “DigiPinoy.” People consume on-demand content on mobile phones, tablets, or other devices, and they demand more personalized experiences.

It makes sense that a news network like CNN Philippines is now venturing into the realm of online shows, and beginning with a show that explores how Filipinos are affected by the onslaught of digital technology.

“DigiPinoy seeks to understand what we as a society have become in the digital age,” says Borromeo, who also hosts CNN Philippines shows such as “Profiles.” “For instance, in the way we communicate and express ourselves, in our relationships with family and friends, in our love lives, in the way we learn, do business, and travel.”

Undoubtedly, social media is where Filipinos thrive these days. What do you think that says about us as a nation?

This is a reflection of the Filipino people’s sociable and friendly spirit. We love making connections, and we’ll jump at any opportunity to do so. We are also such emotional, expressive, and curious people. Perhaps this is why Pinoys thrive on social media — they provide platforms for self-expression while making connections at the same time. Give the Pinoy a microphone, and [they] belt out a tune. That’s what social media is to the Pinoy: with the proliferation of apps and other digital tools, we have more avenues to be seen and heard. There’s also the Pinoy appetite for tsismis — social media provides easy channels to feed curiosity and voyeurism where one can be in the know by lurking on social media and seeing the goings on through people’s posts.

https://cnnphilippines.com/life/culture/tech/2018/03/23/digipinoy-interview.html