O que significa "presença" para você?

Estamos abrindo este blog (em português) para você compartilhar sua experiência com o conceito presença no mundo real ou virtual. Sinta-se a vontade para compartilhar sua experiência, responder comentários de outras pessoas e iniciar novas idéias. Obrigada.

Your Thoughts about Presence

We are opening this new post for everyone to share insights on experiencing presence. Your presence experience could have occurred in the real or the virtual world. Feel free to share your stories, reply to comments, and initiate new ideas.

Impact of technology in our lives

Today there are many benefits of the use of technology in our lives. There are also limitations. Our concern is how these limitations can impact our learning and our every days lives. When a new technology is created, we usually have a very specific use in mind. But as  technology evolves and we take advantage of its potential, we also need to consider its limitations.Technology can become more than we had initially thought it would be. For example, a cell phone was originally developed to be used as a mobile phone. Today, a cell phone does almost anything -- we can use it as a camera, email device, calculator, or GPS system; we can use it to access the Internet and the latest news through alerts; and so on.  

One of the limitations of technology is that as individuals, we tend to behave differently when using it. For instance, people tend to reveal things about themselves that they would not reveal if they were in a normal real life situation. This type of behavior has been evident in television interviews and sharing information on social networking sites such as Facebook or YouTube. We are puzzled about why people behave this way because the impact in our lives can be detrimental when using technology without being aware of its consequences. This lack of awareness is because the technology is elusive. How can people become more aware of ways in which technology impacts their behavior? How can people put this awareness into practice? How can this practice benefit people's lives?