Positives with the Internet and Growing Up The youth generation today uses the internet so much in their daily lives it has created an epidemic. The epidemic caused uproar of different ways of learning, communicating, teaching and even shopping or advertising done online. Technologies such as ipad, laptops and smart phones make internet access unbelievably easy. Since it is so easy, “Growing up Online”, a document by Frontline that aired on Januarary 18, 2008, claimed that the internet has caused many issues in the youth’s lives. One problem the internet caused stated in the documentary is, it is very hard for parents and authorities to regulate what kids do on the computer.
Florence Foster Instructor David English 102 11 January 2011 I have chosen to write about Brent Staples “What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow up in Cyberspace.” Staples argue that “so called online communities isolate adolescents and hinder their social development” (241). Which I believe to be true, but the world as we know it, is becoming very advanced to technology. So that would basically leave adolescents with two decisions, either they have to jump on board with technology, or be left behind. Which would you prefer? Social interactive technologies, such as instant messaging and texting messaging are beginning to redefine the social networks of today’s youth.
In the essay, Turkle explains that the internet and BlackBerry phones are absorbing all of our time and attention. She says these media devices reduce our natural ability to form relationships and be social with one another. When people are together, they now divide their attention between the person they are with and their Blackberry or mobile device.Turkle stresses that the growing trend of constantly carrying a cell phone can have a negative impact on children. They no longer have to experience being completely alone or finding their way because parents are on speed dial to help them in an instant. The reading Me Against the Media, by Naomi Rockler-Gladen, addresses the issue of naturalized consumerism.
Ranging from internet addiction, sexual predators, social issues, health problems, and information on subjects that people of certain ages should not find. Sue Scheff is effective in using ethos and pathos in her writing to convince teens and families that although the internet is a great place for learning and social interaction, there are still potential risks and dangers to it and for the younger generations to try to find balance between what’s real and what’s virtual. Scheff’s first issue on internet comes from spending excessive amounts of time surfing the web. If a teen focuses too much time on it, things such as school and social life take the backseat and the Net takes the wheel, resulting in addiction. In the article, “Addiction to Internet ‘Is An Illness’” from The Observer by David Smith, he provides some main internet addiction components, there are four; excessive use, withdrawal that includes feelings of anger, tension and/or depression if the computer is inaccessible.
How the Computer has Affected Me and My Family In this paper I will be explaining how computers play a role in my family’s life. Along with how much computers have changed my familys Life. I will explain how computers open the doors to endless access to the world. All this freedom however comes with a price. We as a family must realize that we will be losing security with every new site signed up for or every purchase made on-line.
Students across the country have relied more and more heavily upon methods such as copy and paste through the use of the internet, sharing and conversing about online tests or quizzes and the newest of the innovative technology, texting answers to classmates. Teachers must make an effort to distinguish what is right and wrong in conversing with peers and looking to the internet for help. Conversing with students for answers is tolerated when instructed to do so and is vital in developing communication, problem solving, and critical thinking skills in students. However, when used array such as conversing answers on an online quiz only serves as a hindrance to the academic success of the student. Internet, in the same fashion is a great source for learning if the right sites are used and the use of the internet is permitted on an assignment with appropriate referencing and works cited included, but the ever so in-famous copy and paste does not benefit anybody in the process.
“The institutions traditionally procure, provide and control the technology for learning but now students are acquiring their own personal technologies for learning and institutions are challenged to keep pace” (Research in Technology Learning, 2010). Computers and other technical devices that are being used to enhance student learning helps to make teaching more creative and effective; however, it has also caused a lot of confusion and chaos in regards to ethics. Once teachers only had to be concerned about the basic rules of classroom etiquette and they could govern their classroom visually. Now teachers have to implement rules and guidelines to ensure that technology in the classroom is being used for its intended purpose to protect students from lurking dangers that might not always be detected by human
Sweeping the Nation In the essay “Facing the Facebook” by Michael Bugeja you will learn about problems college students are facing because of advanced technology such as Ipods, PDA’s, cell pones, and online communities. This is not only impairing students in the educational sense but in judicial sense. Michael Bugeja makes an excellent point about technology these days and how it is affecting our world negatively. In the summary below you will read about some his points and see how genuine they are. In the essay Michael Bugeja essay he points out how the use of modern technology is affecting students.
There are many famous people including Bauerlein himself were having an argument with another group of people on whether digital culture is an advantage or not. He backs up his opinion by saying “Together they form an imposing countervailing force, an alliance to slow the headlong rush to technologies learning, reading, writing, and intellectual life.” Bauerlein believes digital culture had cut of young adults’ understanding on literature and history because at this time, young adults would prefer to find answers on the Internet; therefore, reading also becomes a problem. Even though teenagers are willing to adapt the new learning style is an advantage for them; however, they should not abandon the old way of studying. Bauerlein said “If it doesn't happen in high school, in college and in home at this time, it probably never will.” Young adults should be aware of how to study when there aren’t any digital culture provided, on the other
Children are meeting sexual predators on the internet and forming relationships with them and unknowingly allowing them into their lives. Parents must talk to their children about the dangers of the internet. Technology is a great learning tool for them and they will be far more advanced than we were as children, but it also opens the door for unwanted predators who will take advantage of children. With a society more focused on wealth and having a good job and long lasting careers some children are often left in the care of daycare providers. You can often look on the internet and find video after video of the abuse and neglect that goes on in daycares.