My response:
In my opinion, I think that there are some ways that technology can make us smarter, however there are also some ways that technology does not allow us to be smarter as well. I feel that some of the reasons why technology does not make us smarter as humans are that first, gadgets that have technology such as laptops can make it more difficult for us to sleep in our normal schedules due to the fact that the blue light that gadgets using technology have can stop our ability to release the hormone melatonin during nighttime (melatonin is the hormone that acts as a clock that tells us when it is time to sleep). The second reason why using technology does not make us smart is that using technology can have a negative impact towards the way we think and make decisions as well in our brains because using technology and having lack of sleep at the same time can cause us to have negative effects such as having bad moods and temper/emotional issues and that it also makes it more difficult for us to concentrate when doing very important work such as studying for tests and exams or finishing important projects. The third reason why using technology does not make us smart is that using technology can also involve reading articles in the internet that are not accurate because using technology to read information that is false can make it more difficult to distinguish whether the article can be helpful to us or not. Finally, using technology may not be useful when in schools because although I agree that using technology with gadgets such as phones or computers in classrooms can be useful sometimes especially when doing activities such as research projects and when researching the definition of a word that is difficult to understand when doing an assignment, however, using technology in classrooms can also act as a distraction as well sometimes especially when involved in classroom activities that involve the teacher explaining or discussing what it is and also during quiet classroom activities such as silent reading or doing tests/exams. However, there are also some reasons that technology can make us smarter as humans as well. The first reason why technology makes us smarter is that it makes it easier for us to do projects/assignments that involve research because technology can involve many trusted resources for finding information when doing research such as Wikipedia and Techopedia and that technology also makes it easier for us to cite our sources as well by simply copying and pasting the links of websites into using such as Easy Bib and Bib Me. These sources automatically cite the source that was used, which again is another reason why technology is smarter for us. The second reason why technology makes us smarter is that it has many resources for social media such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, which is helpful for us because social media makes it easier for us to communicate and share our experiences and activities with others, but in a way that is faster and more efficient. Finally, using technology can help improve our ability to do two activities at once or multitask because technology can not only help us remember what we read each day, but technology also gives us the ability to become more concentrated and focused when doing work, which therefore makes technology a very useful tool in a workplace or work environment.