Additionally, there have been warnings from doctors of the problems that can come from too much screen time. The U.S. National Library of Medicine associates too much screen time to troubles sleeping, risk of attention problems, anxiety, depression, and obesity (MedlinePlus 1). Other doctors such as, Dr. Dorothy Barrie, add that screen time is creating vision problems (Barrie 1). “Most American children spend… a total 5 to 7 hours a day (in front of a screen)” (MedlinePlus 1). If schools start to encourage hours and hours of technological learning then it could lead to serious health issues, especially for the younger students. Granted, we do not desire to harm children, electronics in schools will be filling the students with development and …show more content…
explanations as they learn. Also, majority of the health risk that come with screen time can be prevented through other means, namely exercise. When we incorporate electronics into the classroom we are not disbanding other sources of teaching. Teachers should still be interacting with the students face to face, teaching through books, and providing hands on activities. In addition, everything that might cause health risks cannot be eliminated, just getting in a bus, or breathing the air can be life threatening. As eye problems can arise from looking at a screen for too long as well as looking at small text in a book for hours. Although we must take the above arguments into consideration, they do not see the bigger benefits that come from digital literacy.
They rely on their excuses to limit forward action. Returning to the advantages, lets expounded on the ideas of why digital literacy is so significant. One major reason digital literacy should be applied into elementary schools is to get the children more involved. Technology is exciting and fun. It appeals to the attention span of children. Also, through media learning students are able to not only listen to the knowledge teachers are sharing, but see it and interact with it. Digital teaching methods can be compared to hands on activities. They use more parts of your brain, while you touch, see, read, and listen to the computers. In a study relating media literacy and civic engagement the researchers commented saying, “When students are aware of the importance of media messages in public life and have the ability to both critically question and create messages using new media and technology, they are empowered to become active participants in the process of democracy” (Hobbs 235). This prove that students who are involved in media learning will be more involved in their community. Not only will kids get more involved in the classroom setting, but will use their knowledge outside of
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However, think about the evolution of literacy and the different ways in which children and people learn and retrieve information; this definition could also include interaction with the digital text. There is a wide range as to what counts as literacy such as blogging, social networking, emailing, digital storytelling, online chats and even shopping online just to name a few. Not everyone will agree with what counts as literacy, but if students are not enlightened on the many aspects of what could make them valuable assets in the future; that would be negligent. In Rich’s article digital literacy is being discussed which is the topic this response will focus on. Learning is not restricted only to the classroom. Just like books, the Internet can take you places, on advantages without having to leave home. Digital literacy can be beneficial with the proper guidance of teachers, educators and
An explanation is a set of statements constructed to describe a set of facts which clarifies the causes, contexts, and consequences of those facts. This description may establish rules or laws, and may clarify the existing ones in relation to any objects, or phenomena examined. The first piece Bush Remarks Roil Debate over Teaching of Evolution written by Elizabeth Bumiller, is an explanation. Bumiller addresses her points using facts rather than opinions, she also says, “Recalling his days as Texas governor, Mr. Bush said in the interview, according to a transcript, “I felt like both sides ought to be properly taught.”(2), this signifies that this is an explanation and not an argument since he sees both sides instead of choosing one. For
Have you ever felt stuck? Wherever you are, it’s the absolute last place you want to be. In the book Into the Wild, Chris McCandless feels stuck just like the average everyday person may feel. Chris finds his escape plan to the situation and feels he will free himself by going off to the wild. I agree with the author that Chris McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with many people very well, but he did seem somewhat incompetent, even though he survived for quite some time.
Television, or screen time, has become a large part of today's society. Whether it's by way of smart-phones, a television, a computer, or a tablet, screen time has negative effects on the cognitive ability of children and adolescents. It has even been proven that it can lead to Alzheimer's disease when a person, in the age range of 20-60 years old, views an hour more than the recommended amount of screen time a day (Sigman 14). In children, the amount of screen time viewed has a relationship with the likelihood of developing a deficit in his attention span; the longer a child views screen time, the more likely he is to be diagnosed with an attention disorder. Screen time, or television, can cause attention disorders and other problem with cognitive abilities in children and adolescents that effect the education they can comprehend.
There are many propositions on the 2016 election ballot to be voted on by the California people this year. I picked a proposition that I feel strongly about which is Proposition 56, that if passed will increase the tax on tobacco products.
Did you know that technology can be just as addicting as a cigarette? Recently, researchers have been testing the effects of the constant usage of screens on our bodies. To many people, using screens is very convenient and helpful and can help many students with their everyday homework. However, our school should still participate in Shut Down Your Screen Week because it will allow us to focus on what is important, lets us better evaluate social situations with a well night’s rest, and too much use of screens can give us shallow relationships.
This a great question and I believe you have to break the scenario down to determine when the "Miranda Warning" should have been used. The first sentence states, "while on patrol, Officer Norman heard a scream from the backyard of a house. " Officer Norman is performing his duties and hears a scream from behind a house. This event happened within the normal scope of his duties. The second sentence states, "the officer proceeded to the back of the house, where he observed two people, a badly beaten victim and a young man (Tom) standing over her."
Think about free education. Everyone I know and many more people can benefit from a free education. Not having to work at a dead end job and being able to study whatever your are interested sounds great. In the article by Joanne Jacobs talks about how some of the reason for why people don’t go to college after high school is because of money, but that is not always the case. Students like Bezerra, who is an undocumented immigrants and attended community college would want the cost of college to lower. It's understandable that the cost for college is very high, but when you have the opportunity to get a grant why not take it? If the “ community colleges averages $3,347 per year” and you have can get “$5,730 that low-income students can receive per academic year in a pell grant”. Community College shouldn't be free if students can find a way to still attend without having many problems.
Selective incarceration of habitual criminal is a tool in criminal justice used to identify criminals who serves as a risk to their society. Stiff sentences are impose upon them with the aim of incapacitating them from committing future crime. The inmate population in the recent years place pressure on prisoners and jail resources. Terrie Moffitt argues that the selective incarceration of habitual criminals indicates a supportive way in understanding delinquency. She states that for delinquency to be well understood, one must view it as a progress along two developmental paths which is not even sufficient.
I am not a cranky adult who sees technology as a cancerous anomaly that should be avoided at all costs. I am not one of those irritable moms who does not want you to touch a computer because it is all a waste of time. I am a normal college student who uses the computer probably more than the average person does. I know first-hand what too much screen time can do to a person. Too much screen time can lead to obese children. “Childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years” (Adolescent). How does screen time lead to childhood obesity? “Sitting and watching a screen is time that is not spent being physically active” (Kaneshiro). Another good point that Kaneshiro points out is that “TV commercials and other screen ads can teach children to make less healthy food choices. Most of the time, the food in ads aimed at kids is high in sugar, salt, or fats. It is not nutritious” (Kaneshiro)...
While generations of today have witnessed countless technological advances, there are also downfalls to these progressions. Technology interferes with education, attention spans, relationships, social interactions, self esteem, and even creativity. In order for technology to have more pros than cons, it is pertinent to keep a clear perspective. Monitoring how much you or your children spend time using electronics is the key to making sure that technology is not harmful.
According to The Huffington Post, people are on their devices for, on average, about eleven hours and fifty-two minutes a day. That is almost half a day and a lot longer than most people sleep or work. People have not yet realized how they or their families are being affected by this constant use of technology. As a result of technology increasing, children are experiencing health problems, school issues, and social problems. First and foremost, health problems due to the increase in technology usage is becoming a bigger issue than one might think.
There has been a long lasting debate in the resent years on whether or not technology has a positive or negative impact on today’s kids. As the years move on, the negative effects have begun to outnumber the positive. The generations previous spent their childhood making forts, fishing, and using their imaginations, contrary to today’s generations who spend their free time texting, playing video games, and watching videos. Damaging effects such as decreases in school performances, addiction to electronics, and lack of brain development have all been linked to the electronic media stimulation. In order to prevent the future generation from following in the current generations footsteps, one must full comprehend just how much technology impacts
Observation of children using an increased amount of technology showed a loss of social skills such as sharing and interaction with other children or adults, and also showing increased aggressiveness. In comparison, children who used a more traditional hands on approach seemed to be more creative, active and a greater sense of social skills. All this can contribute to successful literacy learning. (Institute of Medicine of the National Academics,
Budget constraints have caused many school to cut back or cut out the art education programs taught in public schools. Art programs within schools has a positive effect on the students and create ways for them to use their creative outlets to learn. Art is considered to be an “objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that express feelings: the activity of painting, drawing, and making sculpture: paintings, drawings, and sculptures: an activity through which people express particular ideas(Cambridge Dictionary Editors).