When the computers at a school in Lake Oswego, Oregon, had to be turned off for four days because of a virus, students were bewildered about how to address a snail mail envelope. These tech-savvy students could email, text, web browse, MySpace, and Google with great skill, but when the system went down, both students and teachers realized that technology is no longer a luxury, but a necessityperhaps a necessity that serves to separate us rather than bring us together.
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What’s The Appeal Of Text Messaging?
Tagged With: cell phones, message, Messaging, MMS, teens, text, texting
It seems that most people over the age of 30 never use text messaging, and dont understand why it appeals to the younger crowd. Conversely, it seems that the under 20 age group would be just fine if their phone didnt even make calls as long as it sent text messages.