In Elliott’s article he believes that even though technology can be helpful and keep you safe, it can also take away from the whole experience. Basically you can’t actually feel your trip through a computer screen. It’s not like you are sent on vacations just to record it on your phone, you go there to relax and unwind and get away from the everyday. My purpose for going to Australia is like that. It has always been my dream destination and for that reason I know it’s going to be hard to just soak it in without snapping photos of it.
Already I think I am already good at this because I realized that your photos never actually capture the beauty of what you see in front of you. Or maybe it’s just that I don’t take very good pictures. Either way, I always seem to come home saying, “you had to be there to understand what I mean”. This is what intrigues people and inspires them to go out and see for themselves, not just on a screen.
As a class I think we should have restrictions because I think the temptation is really hard to get over. We will already have our cameras so I don’t see the need to have our phones with us anyways. Who is so important that we need to call on the way out to sea over the coral reef?
I like what you had to say about when and when you won't be using technology. Yes, we'll all take pictures, but like you said, I don't think we'll need to be making calls from the Great Barrier Reef. The only thing this blog is missing is the use of a quote from the reading.
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