Think about education.
A 17-year old girl like me might think about it asa new era of innovative education, while a 50-year old might only think about it as traditional. That only explains, that everyone has different perspectives and culture and age are the main contributors to that.
A 17-year old girl like me might think about it asa new era of innovative education, while a 50-year old might only think about it as traditional. That only explains, that everyone has different perspectives and culture and age are the main contributors to that.
In reference to culture, Peru's culture is one of the most traditional I've ever known. And as a Peruvian, I know that people tend to be the most conservative of all, especially with technology.
Technology is more than just providing the products to people, it’s about teaching them how to use them and guide them to find the ways that technology can benefit your everyday lives. In many countries in Latin America like Colombia and Peru, the government has invested a lot in technology implementation in public schools by providing laptops and tablets for their students. But there were several problems: either the schools didn’t have internet access or they had no idea how to use them to teach and learn. |
The first laptop was created in 1981, but it wasn't less than 15 years ago that Peruvians actually started to purchase and learn to use them. The next big thing were tablets, which thanks to a global technology rush these days, it has quickly entered the market here. But, the problem I feel is occurring is that people aren’t using them to its potential.
Little by little, we changed the use of having a telephone at home, to using only cellphones, and watching TV series on a TV to watching them on your phone/tablet or computer through programs like Netflix. However, there’s something that’s yet to be developed.
How do we change people’s mindset to go from a regular book to reading e-books?
How do we change people’s mindset to go from a regular book to reading e-books?
In terms of e-books, I know people like sticking to their comfort zone—sticking to conventional. The value of a conventional book is having that physical sense of reading it, and all those things that a bookworm may be able to describe. But an e-book can also have that intrinsic value. E-books can be purchased 10 times faster than an actual book because it’s done online and transporting it is much lighter. Not to mention, that I can actually be cheaper. Although this seems to make everyone’s lives easier, I ask this again: how do we change people’s mindsets that it’s time to make this transition into e-books?
Transitions have been made from TV to computers, telephones to cellphones, notebooks to computers, agendas to PDAs, etc. So, what’s missing with this other product?
Transitions have been made from TV to computers, telephones to cellphones, notebooks to computers, agendas to PDAs, etc. So, what’s missing with this other product?
Some countries have definitely started with this transition and it has sky-rocketed. What’s missing in Peru? How do we break that conservatism about the implementation of technology for the benefit of our daily lives?