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Exposing the Negative Effects of Technology on Kids | Everyday Life - Global Post - 3 views

  • While tech-time can help kids to learn, it can also contribute to obesity, lack of physical fitness, inaccurate or warped thinking and other negative consequences.
  • Spending hours in front of screen, whether it is a television or computer, can quickly contribute to a serious decrease in the amount of physical activity that a child gets during the day. Children need at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day to maintain a healthy weight and level of fitness, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The more tech-time that a child engages in, the less likely it is that he will get in his daily dose of physical activity. This can, in turn, contribute to negative effects such as weight gain
  • She may take everything that she reads online as fact, leading to misinformation or even a slightly skewed way of thinking
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  • children who use social media may not fully understand how the anonymity of the Internet allows predators to pose as kids, putting them at risk in the event that they give out personal information or plan an in-person meeting.
  • Your child can develop a warped sense of reality and what is, and isn't, acceptable when it comes to his actions.
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics, on its Healthy Children website, recommends that parents screen what their kids are watching and discuss negative media images.
  • the media may portray an idealized image of the child or teenager when it comes to weight and appearance.
  • Between the TV, laptops, tablets, cell phones, iPods and all of the other technological devices that your child uses, he is constantly inundated with an array of media images. These often include, and glorify, negative behaviors such as underage drinking, drug use or risky sexual situations
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Negative Effects of Using Technology in Today's Classroom | The Classroom | Synonym - 2 views

  • technology can potentially do students a disservice if used inappropriately.
  • When teaching using technology, instructors must be aware of the potential hindrances technology can bring to the learning process
  • Some negative effects of technology in today's classroom are that it can take away valuable learning time, it can be overused, and it can also turn educational experiences into games for students
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  • the teacher and students are not experienced with technology in the classroom, valuable time is often wasted on technical troubles
  • In addition, the teacher faces the difficulty of having a class full of students who are all at different skill levels.
  • In many schools, most students will have a computer and Internet access, but schools that are located in impoverished areas may have a large portion of their student body with little to no computer experience.
  • While it is important to educate these children in technology, it must be done at a pace that meets every individual's needs or more learning time will be wasted
  • In some classrooms technology is overused
  • This can lead to a variety of problems. Many students learn best by physically and mentally interacting with what they are studying.
  • If most of the teaching is done using a computer, these students' needs are not being met.
  • One problem that many classroom teachers face is that students often use computers primarily for games
  • many students associate computers and technology with game playing
  • some students may get distracted and off task quickly.
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What Are the Positive & Negative Effects of Using Technology to Communicate? | Chron.com - 2 views

  • Cyber bullying is one of the problems with social media
  • The content posted, though personal, can be used to fire or deny people work and promotions
  • Social media can help you stay in touch with friends, but it can be dangerous to your career and life.
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  • The amount of information you put out on the Internet over social media, intended or not, affects you in the real world
  • Social Media
  • Instant Messaging
  • . Water cooler talk now takes place by IM, rather than face to face. Many people sit at home talking via IM rather than on the phone or in person.
  • The downside is that employees are less likely to engage in social activities away from their computers
  • People are more likely to pull out their phone and start texting while sitting at the table for dinner or while having a conversation in person.
  • The actions of texting may seem rude under conventional social norms, leading to misunderstandings
  • technology can have consequences of reducing person-to-person interaction without the device as an intermediary.
  • Text Messaging
  • Negatively, more people spend more time on email than on other projects. The sound of a new email being received and the tendency to check email frequently have led to distracted workers. A poorly written email can lead to confusion, rather than clarity, in the workplace.
  • technology can have consequences of reducing person-to-person interaction without the device as an intermediary
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Negative Effects of Technology on Society | Academic About social issues/civics - 4 views

  • es contributes work Image Credit: Mariam S., Schaumburg, IL The more advanced technology becomes, the more it seems to have control over our lives.
  • people have too readily embraced technology, seeking only the benefits, and ignoring the many downfalls.
  • Recent developments in technology such as the internet also led to a decline in “normal” social behaviors.
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  • You are socially and psychologically cut off from your fellow caffeine addicts”
  • “The old-fashioned café provided a way to both share and abandon solitude, but sitting in your screen world is a whole other story
  • Also with these advancements comes the fact that people are not always alone, even when physically isolated.
  • According to a new creed, technologists are turning ourselves, the planet, our species, everything, into computer peripherals attached to the great computing clouds.
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