Eliana Dockterman’s article, “The Digital Parent Trap”, from Time Magazine, tries to convince the audience to accept technology into children’s education. The year of 2013 was a very significant year, technology began to get the biggest updates yet; thus, encouraged Dockterman to influence parents and future parent’s beliefs in early technology benefits. She wants to raise technology as an effective learning tech fluency, as a result, she incorporated strong characteristics of information to back up her claims.
Throughout Dockterman’s article, one tactic she used was a calm tone. She seemed neither aggravated nor too inveigle to get the audience to agree with her point of view. Dockterman states, “barely half of U.S. parents agree that mobile …show more content…
She first introduces the reason why parents don’t want early tech use as part of their kids learning environment, “…watching too much TV can lead to obesity, violence and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.” To a parent, the biggest fear is to see your kid have an emotional breakdown caused by social media, also getting health issues from being stuck to a monitor rather than having physical activity. She effortlessly gets rid of those fears, “new research suggests that social-networking sites also offer unprecedented learning opportunities.” An anthropologist, from the University of California, believes that “Online, kids can engage with specialized communities of interest.” Technology has now given students the opportunity to magnify their brain techniques with tech use, furthermore expanding their knowledge with no limitations. She adds statistics that show a high 52% of kids involved in technology are tech-savviest, furthermore encourage a Dad to get his kid on board with tech use as well. Research cited my MIT announces that that “retention rate skyrockets to 90%”, when kids do something themselves via electronically. The article holds findings from Grunwald Association, a trustworthy source widely known, expressing “Some are even paying as much as $24,000 to send their kids to month-long “digital detox” programs…” Having facts explaining her side view, will allow parents to see that tech use is not a bad use, but a beneficial
Throughout Dockterman’s article, one tactic she used was a calm tone. She seemed neither aggravated nor too inveigle to get the audience to agree with her point of view. Dockterman states, “barely half of U.S. parents agree that mobile …show more content…
She first introduces the reason why parents don’t want early tech use as part of their kids learning environment, “…watching too much TV can lead to obesity, violence and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.” To a parent, the biggest fear is to see your kid have an emotional breakdown caused by social media, also getting health issues from being stuck to a monitor rather than having physical activity. She effortlessly gets rid of those fears, “new research suggests that social-networking sites also offer unprecedented learning opportunities.” An anthropologist, from the University of California, believes that “Online, kids can engage with specialized communities of interest.” Technology has now given students the opportunity to magnify their brain techniques with tech use, furthermore expanding their knowledge with no limitations. She adds statistics that show a high 52% of kids involved in technology are tech-savviest, furthermore encourage a Dad to get his kid on board with tech use as well. Research cited my MIT announces that that “retention rate skyrockets to 90%”, when kids do something themselves via electronically. The article holds findings from Grunwald Association, a trustworthy source widely known, expressing “Some are even paying as much as $24,000 to send their kids to month-long “digital detox” programs…” Having facts explaining her side view, will allow parents to see that tech use is not a bad use, but a beneficial