Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

human experience is mediated with and by technology. Social work offers a panoramic perspective on individuals and issues, insisting on the importance of the ecology of interaction between person and environment. Given this historic strength, social workers cannot ignore the explosive growth and pervasive impact of technology or fail to recognize its role in shaping culture. Beyond its capacity to enhance what we offer to our clients, technology is a prompt, a demand to re-imagine our core values in the context of a changing social space and to develop a mechanics of practice that is amenable to rapid evolution. With …