Introduction
Today we are living in a world that is technology-driven globally. For instance, Marshall Poe, the author of the Hive in the Atlantic Monthly, is a link to the home page of Wikipedia for the planet earth. Wikipedia is an online web. It is through this web that people are in a position to gather a lot of information from it. It has the greatest potential to be the greatest effort in knowledge-gathering all over the world. It’s through this web that people are in a position to access so much information related to daily activities. This internet has a lot of impact on many people and the economy at large.
Main Body
With the new internet technology, all people all over the world can be connected and hence as a result, you find that people can do their activities using these machines without the need of traveling to get these facilities. The new internet has solved many people’s problems since you find that with this new technology, people are in a position to do research using the internet, and with this, it has simplified and solved many problems.
It is with the new internet whereby people use this new technology to have a level of transparency and be in a position to change the way businesses are conducted. The Internet has played several functions since its introduction. It ensures the full and free exchange of information through the open internet and diverse media outlets. Internet is an open service for everyone to use. All the users of the internet are free to make use of this service to be in a position to get the necessary information ranging from business information to governments information among others.
This would eventually have an impact on the small or non-profit organizations to innovate on the new internet and also be in a position to reach more audiences. It’s through this that the economy would be in a position to grow since people are in a position to access these materials. (Chesbrough, 2003).
The Internet has also been used by many governments. You find that many governments have made the data available online to allow citizens to view these data and make the available comments concerning how to improve the government’s activities. For instance, by providing information on the environment, you find that people are in a position to understand their environment, know how to protect these environments for instance how to control pollution which affects the health of human beings for instance air pollution since people need to stay in a clean environment free from pollution. It’s also by providing this information that people are in a position to protect themselves from these things.
Open technology has led to many innovations and inventions helping businesses to improve their productivity and global competitiveness. For instance, the new technology has helped many firms to improve on their products since they are in a position to access information free from the internet which has helped them to run their firms properly. With this new technology, these firms have been in a position to cut down their costs.
For instance, in training their leaders and the staff, you find that these people are in a position to learn online through the use of the internet and this has helped these organizations to reduce their costs leading to comparative advantage. Most of the consumers are in a position to shop online by the use of the internet. Through this, you find that most of the expenses have been reduced leading to greater profits for these organizations. (O’Connor, 2006).
Open technology for instance the introduction of computers in schools has led to many innovations and inventions especially in education. Technology in the classroom is another area where open technology is highly depicted. We are in a modern age where digital learning is found in most schools. As a result, technology has a wide influence on education. Most of the schools today have introduced computers in their schools which have made work easier for the learners. Technology in education has built an education system that meets the needs and demands of many people in the modern world.
It is with this technology that each student is in a position to excel in education because most of the schools use computers when learning. They have also access to the internet whereby they can get more information apart from what is told in class. They can use the internet to research for more information and hence in a position to succeed. It’s by use of these computers that teachers use these techniques which help them design and deliver good lessons to their students. The technology has helped to explore specific actions hence improving the education role to the child. The paper costs have also gone down since most of the schools use electronic databases.
As a result, you find that less time is taken when constructing these data since everything has been computerized. It’s through the use of these computers that students have improved their effectiveness and efficiency when doing their work. Through networking along with online organizational tools, you find that students are in a position to learn more hence improving their learning. Most of the colleges do research and to do research effectively there is the need for computers since they normally deal with huge volumes of data. We live in a world whereby we deal with huge volumes of data. To be in a position to organize and analyze these data, then there is the need for computers application and software to be in a position to work effectively with these huge data.
Despite the advantages the open technology to most of these societies, it has also several disadvantages. It has led to immoral behaviors in most societies. You find that the internet is free on-air and you find that most of this information can have negative impacts on the children who watch these things. For instance, the pornographies which are actually on the internet, when the children watch them, you find that they lead to bad behaviors to the children.
Since they are open to everyone irrespective of age, you find that most of the children use most of their free time watching these movies and this may lead to an immoral society full of deviants. Some of the webs limit the freedom of expression and also you find that in some not all information is given. When the audience has been limited to the freedom of expression, then you find that people’s decisions are not heard, and in the end, the information is only limited to some people but not everyone’s view. But if there was freedom of expression, people are in a position to give their views on certain areas hence increasing their effectiveness. (O’Connor, 2006).
Conclusion
Open technology has had so many impacts on most societies. This is because people are in a position to access information through the web hence improving their productivity. For instance, farmers are in a position to increase their yield since they can access information through the web related to farming. They have also cut down most of their expenses since they do the research on their own hence lowering these expenses of consulting researchers.
In education, you also find that education standards have also increased since most of the schools today use computers when learning. Despite the advantages which have come with open technology, it has also some limitations as far as these societies are concerned. It has led to immoral behaviors in children and the youth who normally access these webs. You find that most of these webs do have certain pornographies which when children watch, they can lead to deviant behaviors to these children.
Reference
Chesbrough, H. (2003). Open innovation. The new imperative for creating and profiting from technology.Boston.Harvard Business School Press.
O’Connor. (2006).Open, radical innovation. Towards an integrated model in large established firms.Oxford.Oxford University Press.