Five Essentials to Create Connected Students

I found the article "Five Essentials to Create Connected Students" by Vicki Davis funny yet so very true to society today.  Davis did a great job at pinpointing the simple, and obvious, mistakes many people make while connecting through social medias and blogging or creating a professional page for oneself.  Why?  There are two reasons: 1) there are still quite a few people who lack technology skills and 2)  some people have acquired the skills but do not use them properly.  For example, the misuse of hashtags.  Hashtags are used for searching something specific in the Twitter world.  I do not have a Twitter but I know some people who use hashtags on Facebook.com.  Even though I do not know anything about Twitter, I can obviously see that the overuse of hashtags are unnecessary.  Here's an example:

By looking at this, I did not know that there could be about 12 different ways to say food or seven ways to say "I"m tired."  This is so funny to me to read all these hashtags.  I just laugh at how unnecessary those are for just one post or picture.  

After reading this article, I realized that technology has evolved in so many ways.  I can remember back then when computers were used for homework and gaming and phones were used for calling each other.  Where has this gone to?!  Today, it is hard to separate ourselves from our phones.  We cannot last five minutes without looking at our phones for a text message or updating facebook statuses or taking photos on snapchat.  It is ridiculous!  I must say that I am one of the many people who cannot put the phone down.  I know my limits such as no texting and driving and no texting during class and work.