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etrick

Nine of 10 teenagers have witnessed bullying on social networks, study finds - The Wash... - 0 views

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  • nine in 10 teenagers say they have witnessed cruelty by their peers on social networks
  • teens who said they witnessed cruelty online, 21 percent said they joined in the harassment
  • experts worry that younger adolescents are particularly vulnerable
  • etrick on 10 Sep 14
     
    "nine in 10 teenagers say they have witnessed cruelty by their peers on social networks" "teens who said they witnessed cruelty online, 21 percent said they joined in the harassment" "experts worry that younger adolescents are particularly vulnerable"
jwoody2014

Main findings: Teens, technology, and human potential in 2020 | Pew Research Center's I... - 1 views

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  • Some 95% of teens ages 12-17 are online, 76% use social networking sites, and 77% have cell phones. Moreover, 96% of those ages 18-29 are internet users, 84% use social networking sites, and 97% have cell phones.
  • Nearly 20 million of the 225 million Twitter users follow 60 or more Twitter accounts and nearly 2 million follow more than 500 accounts.
  • YouTube users upload 60 hours of video per minute and they triggered more than 1 trillion playbacks in 2011 – roughly 140 video views per person on earth.
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  • There are more than 800 million people now signed up for the social network Facebook; they spend 700 billion minutes using Facebook each month, and they install more than 20 million apps every day. Facebook users had uploaded more than 100 billion photos by mid-2011.
  • People report having more difficulty with sustained attention (i.e., becoming immersed in a book). Today, we have very young, impressionable minds depending on technology for many things. It is hard to predict the ways in which this starves young brains of cognitive ability earned through early hands-on experiences.
  • expressed concerns about humans’ future ability to tackle complex challenges
  • The short attention spans resulting from the quick interactions will be detrimental to focusing on the harder problems, and we will probably see a stagnation in many areas: technology, even social venues such as literature,”
  • he impact of a future ‘re-wiring’ due to the multitasking and short-term mindset will be mostly negative not because it will reflect changes in the physical nature of thinking, but because the social incentives for deep engagement will erode,
  • Perhaps the issue is, how will deep thinking get done—including by whom—rather than will everyone be able to do deep thinking. In other words, division of labor may chang
  • Negative effects include a need for instant gratification, loss of patience
  • “The biggest consequence I foresee is an expectation of immediacy and decreased patience among people. Those who grow up with immediate access to media, quick response to email and rapid answers to all questions may be less likely to take longer routes to find information, seeking ‘quick fixes’ rather than taking the time to come to a conclusion or investigate an answer.”
  • he fears “where technology is taking our collective consciousness and ability to conduct critical analysis and thinking, and, in effect, individual determinism in modern society.”
  • A number of respondents to the survey expressed concerns over the health and well-being of young people by 2020
  • I wonder if we will even be able to sustain attention on one thing for a few hours—going to a classical concert or film, for instance. Will concerts be reduced to 30 minutes? Will feature-length films become anachronistic
  • Communication in all forms will be more direct; fewer of the niceties and supercilious greetings will exist. Idle conversation skills will be mostly lost.
  • Increasingly, teens and young adults rely on the first bit of information they find on a topic, assuming that they have found the ‘right’ answer, rather than using context and vetting/questioning the sources of information to gain a holistic view of a topic.
  • My friends are less interested in genuine human interaction than they are at looking at things on Facebook. People will always use a crutch when they can, and the distraction will only grow in the future
  • Fast-twitch’ wiring among today’s youth generally leads to more harm than good. Much of the communication and media consumed in an ‘always-on’ environment is mind-numbing chatter. While we may see increases in productivity, I question the value of what is produced
  • My sense is that society is becoming conditioned into dependence on technology in ways that, if that technology suddenly disappears or breaks down, will render people functionally useless
  • Technology is taking more and more of our children’s time, and not much of the internet time is spent learning. Time once spent outside (as a child) is now spent on computers.
  • The overall effect will be negative, based on my own experience with technology, attention, and deep thinking
  • I see the effect of television as a primary example, in which people voluntarily spend large amounts of time in mentally unhealthy activity
  • The ability to express opinion and emotion is replaced with flaming and emoticons, which are much less nuanced. The level of knowledge of the world around many young adults—cultural, political, historical, scientific—seems reduced in favor of greater knowledge of pop culture.
  • There is also a blurring in their minds between facts and opinions because both are presented in quantity with similar polish and forcefulness, and verification and reasoning have been replaced by search engine results.
  • jwoody2014 on 10 Sep 14
     
    This article was rather long, but really worth reading! It talks about positives and negatives about technology in the future (2020) and what people expect to see happening. The negatives are what I read about, but very interesting to think about. Here are a few quotes that really got me thinking... "Technology is taking more and more of our children's time, and not much of the internet time is spent learning. Time once spent outside (as a child) is now spent on computers." "My sense is that society is becoming conditioned into dependence on technology in ways that, if that technology suddenly disappears or breaks down, will render people functionally useless." "Today, we have very young, impressionable minds depending on technology for many things. It is hard to predict the ways in which this starves young brains of cognitive ability earned through early hands-on experiences."
etrick

Our statement? - 28 views

After class I will try to get this taken care of. If anyone is on here, add me on aim (espfister@fullsail.edu) and I will be on til at least midnight. We have to whip this out by 1159

started by jwoody2014 on 10 Sep 14 8 follow-ups, last by etrick on 12 Sep 14
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Texting, Twitter contributing to students' poor grammar skills, profs say - The Globe a... - 0 views

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  • Little or no grammar teaching, cell phone texting, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, are all being blamed for an increasingly unacceptable number of post-secondary students who can't write.
  • require the students they accept to pass an exam testing their English language skills. Almost a third of those students are failing.
  • Thirty per cent of students who are admitted are not able to pass at a minimum level,
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  • Barrett says the failure rate has jumped five percentage points in the past few years, up to 30 per cent from 25 per cent.
  • Punctuation errors are huge, and apostrophe errors. Students seem to have absolutely no idea what an apostrophe is for
  • Emoticons, truncated and butchered words such as 'cuz,' are just some of the writing horrors being handed in
  • Little happy faces ... or a sad face ... little abbreviations," show up even in letters of academic appeal,
  • I get their essays and I go 'You obviously don't know what a sentence fragment is. You think commas are sort of like parmesan cheese that you sprinkle on your words
  • Then he's reduced to teaching basic grammar to them himself.
  • Cellphone texting and social networking on Internet sites are degrading writing skill
  • The Internet norm of ignoring punctuation and capitalization as well as using emoticons may be acceptable in an e-mail to friends and family, but it can have a deadly effect on one's career if used at work.
gocloud

Is Technology Affecting Teens' Education Negatively? | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

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  • Using Fewer Basic Skills
  • One of the major concerns about technology in the classroom is that it prevents students from developing and using basic literacy, math and communication skills, all of which are essential in both day-to-day living and working life. The exclusive use of computer-based tools such as spelling and grammar checkers, as well as calculators, enable students to complete assignments without knowing how to manually perform those same functions.
  • Technical Difficulties
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  • A common problem in classrooms is the failure of technology due to technical difficulties. While equipment is being repaired, students experience delays in their learning. This counteracts the time-saving benefits of technology.
  • A Distraction in the Classroom
  • A serious negative effect of technology on teens' education is the distraction that it may pose within the learning environment. The opportunity to access social network sites and games can tempt students away from planned learning activities. Such distractions can hamper their overall progress and their potential to succeed.
rboyfig

More Info: The 4 Negative Side Effects Of Technology - 2 views

"1. Elevated Exasperation These days, children indulge themselves in internet, games or texting. These activities have affected their psyche negatively, consequently leading to increased frustratio...

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