Technology has caused severe physical, behavioral, and psychological effects on health. Some of these effects are child obesity, aggression and developmental delays. As technology advances the ramifications of misuse leads to consequential complications on health. An overuse of technology can result in an early death, no relationship, and unemployment. Childhood obesity has grown over the past few years. In the article, “Kids, computers and childhood obesity” Janet Caputo and Paul J. Mackarey…
Should computers be used in elementary school? Computer is a medium of education in many countries. All over the world computers are being used by students to prepare their study materials. Many parents may argue that computers should not be used in elementary school; however, in my opinion the introduction of computers in elementary schools can only benefit the students. First reason for using computers in the classroom is to provide students different kinds of learning experiences. Computer…
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It is more and more common that people like to do more pleasurable things instead of less pleasurable ones or addict to do any non-academic activities to put the academic tasks off. Email, Video Game and Facebook is providing people with constant distractions and excuses to put things off. Alice Mathias writes in her essay: “For young people, Facebook is yet another form of escapism; we can turn our…
variety of different devices including mobile ones, which allows one to be able to play video games at any time of the day, anywhere. Because of its time consuming role in a child’s life, the question of whether video games are affecting a child’s academic performance is often argued. Although parents and teachers conclude that video games are negatively impacting their children, the results of conducted research can argue otherwise, making it clear that there is no correlation at all.…
Introduction Sleep is an important component for maintaining, sustaining, and optimizing academic performance. Different lifestyle needs fluctuate the amount of sleep between individuals and often led them to attain inadequate sleep. Sufficient sleep has been linked to the enhancement of emotional and social function, whereas insufficient sleep reduces cognitive function and negatively affects academic readiness (Deuster & Yarnell, 2016). Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles…
Do computers take away from interpersonal communication and interactions with our co-workers, peers, and colleagues or do they help us enable and strengthen current relationships? Most people have talked to someone through text messaging, email, or social media to avoid a face to face communication. Essentially everyone has been able to retain a relationship virtually due to location and their current situation. Computers aren’t necessarily a thing of the “past.” In perspective, this means that…
The questions, “Does playing video or computer games have beneficial effects on the brain and behavior? If so, does the evidence point to general improvements in cognitive function?” Engages us in a thoughtful dialog. The answer to this question seems to have conflicting views on this subject by experts. “One can no more say what the effects are of video games on the brain are, no more than one can say what the effects of food are on the brain.” (Daphne, Green). Han and Renshaw states,…
eventual effect the way we learn it. Teachers strive to provide every students with a learning environment that allows students to demonstrate their ability to store the knowledge they have acquired. To obtain this goals teachers need to provide both an inclusive and emotional supportive learning environment. My goal for this simulation was to have my students’ academic, conscientiousness, and agreeableness levels to remain high. My hope in setting this goal was to promote higher academic…
Hidden Dangers A list of pros and cons can be assigned to everything, unfortunately, computers and cell-phones, though amazing, are not exempt from this. Cons can refer to many things, but the one biggest downfall that is worth looking into is the unforeseen impact that technology has on the human body. The three main parts of the body that are being affected negatively include the eyes, brain, and neck/back. The latest and greatest technology seems to be what everyone wants to get their hands…