On pondering 'what is technology' a common instinctual association is with the digital realm, even though technology spans the existence of humanity and digital technology is but a fragment of the human experience. Regardless of how understand its' definition, our usage of and reliance on the tools designed to aid in our interactions with our worlds remains at the heart of our relationship with the world around us. In this sense, contemporary technology has not swayed much from it's origins, in that it continues to represent the tools designed and used by humanity to aid in day to day tasks. It just so happens that many of the tools designed and used over time are now accessible through a singular device: the smartphone.

     I remember well the introduction of the World Wide Web during my grade 12 year. Honestly, the piercing sound of the dial-up connection as my family desk top computer gained access to this new phenomenon actually creeped me out at the time. I come from a generation of kids that played in the streets until dark, didn't where bike helmets, and used rotary land lines to call up friends, and so there is a large part of my value system which is still greatly influenced by the reality that shaped me. As a result, I believe that kids nowadays (including my own) spend far to much time on devices and that developing a healthy media balance is beyond their scope of understanding, partially because we as adults don't even have a handle on our own.