At first I found the theoretical concepts about cyborgs were abstract and difficult to understand, but after several weeks of learning, I now have a better understanding on this topic.
The daily life we are living nowadays is flooded with information technology. We can have an online platform to communicate with others that there was only offline one in the past. We chat online through social networks; we submit homework online, just like this one, we post our comments and reflections on blog to share among classmates. This is one of the advantages of using blogs as we can share what we have written, discuss and comment for improvement. Even though lecturers who are in overseas, they can also access to students’ works which can help facilitate the learning process. Sometimes students may be shy and don’t dare to response immediately in class, but they can freely express their ideas on blogs. Also, like what we have posted before, eg. the summary of our tutorial presentations, we can comment within a certain period, which is unlike having classes in schools, if students miss the class, they will miss the chance for discussion. But a problem for blogging (well, email as well) is that it is asynchronous that we may not get response immediately and have to wait for the replies.
I consider I am a kind of cyborg without robotic skin, since I am now a person who cannot live without technology, i.e. computer and mobile phone. I rely on the internet quite much, for academics, entertainment and socializing with others. Mobile phone is functioned like a brain for me, since it stores all phone numbers of my friends, that my human brain cannot memorize all of them. :P
By Tracy Tsui 10384576
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