Technology? Good or Bad
The articles “Can texting develop other writing skills” by Tina Barseghian and Liraz Margalit’s “What screen time can do to kids brains” bring an interesting look into the world of what happens to our brains when technology is being used. Both articles specifically talk about touch screens like phones and tablets. These are things that have become necessary in everyday life. While this type of technology has only been around for about ten years, it has taken over almost every aspect of our lives. The con of this, is that since it is so new there have not been many studies on how these screens affect us neurologically. Margalit and Barseghian do this by pinpointing the ages in our lives where technology affects us the most. Margalit focus on children under the age of two, while Barseghian gives more of a pro/con list of how it affects us from middle school to adulthood. They both can tie …show more content…
Even in middle school our brains are not fully developed. Kids in middle school have not developed what is called code switch. Kids in these ages are still learning how to write, and having these kids texting, messes with their brains. Since they are still learning the english language, their brains have a hard time switching back and forth. This causes their grades to go down. Bargasian says in her article that Kids who “recently sent or received a text message performed considerably worse on a grammar exam than those who had not.The study included 228 kids age 10-14.” (Bargasian 1) Middle schoolers brains are working on overload, trying to swap from a texting languages to writing a formal paper. A solution to this would be to not let kids have their phones during school. This would help middle schoolers with face to face conversation, while putting them in a distraction free environment, which will help their academic
The articles “Can texting develop other writing skills” by Tina Barseghian and Liraz Margalit’s “What screen time can do to kids brains” bring an interesting look into the world of what happens to our brains when technology is being used. Both articles specifically talk about touch screens like phones and tablets. These are things that have become necessary in everyday life. While this type of technology has only been around for about ten years, it has taken over almost every aspect of our lives. The con of this, is that since it is so new there have not been many studies on how these screens affect us neurologically. Margalit and Barseghian do this by pinpointing the ages in our lives where technology affects us the most. Margalit focus on children under the age of two, while Barseghian gives more of a pro/con list of how it affects us from middle school to adulthood. They both can tie …show more content…
Even in middle school our brains are not fully developed. Kids in middle school have not developed what is called code switch. Kids in these ages are still learning how to write, and having these kids texting, messes with their brains. Since they are still learning the english language, their brains have a hard time switching back and forth. This causes their grades to go down. Bargasian says in her article that Kids who “recently sent or received a text message performed considerably worse on a grammar exam than those who had not.The study included 228 kids age 10-14.” (Bargasian 1) Middle schoolers brains are working on overload, trying to swap from a texting languages to writing a formal paper. A solution to this would be to not let kids have their phones during school. This would help middle schoolers with face to face conversation, while putting them in a distraction free environment, which will help their academic