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lluke1

Two Ways Excessive Technology Can Negatively Effect Your Health | Living a Balanced Life - 0 views

  • Even though many people will argue that technology helps them keep in touch with loved ones easier, there still seems to be a breakdown in social connection. Yes, you can email your family often and text your daughter to see if she is home from school all while you are sitting in a meeting at work. But this is your immediate social support system. Your community is composed of individuals who live in your town. Your relations within your community are extended social support. However, it seems like there has been a gradual breakdown of interest in developing relationships with neighbors, or those you see on the streets everyday.
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    a good read from a psychologist's point of view
lluke1

Technology can impact brain development in good, bad ways | 9news.com - 1 views

  • "The downside is, our face-to-face human contact skills; looking someone on the eye, noticing the emotional expression on a face; those neural wires are weakening," Small said.
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    a great read that will strengthen our argument but from a developmental aspect of our brains. the only downfall may be that the article talks about early childhood. However this still aids our cause.
emily15rowland

The advent of technology has negatively impacted literacy levels in our youth : Kaieteu... - 1 views

  • many of them are in no way – even remotely in some cases – equally skillful/competent in basic reading/comprehension; the world of literature seems completely lost and a novelty to many.
  • They struggle to read a sentence, cannot pronounce very simple words, so that the task of reading becomes a drudge, a painful and un-pleasurable activity.
  • In fact, the effect of their inventions/devices has had some negative influences on our young people.
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    This one states the loss of 'basic reading/comprehension' due to the negative influence of 'inventions/devices'.
bmartin89

The 4 Negative Side Effects Of Technology | Edudemic - 1 views

  • Let’s take a look at the top 4 ways that overuse of technology has influenced our children in an adverse manner:
  • 1. Elevated Exasperation
  • 2. Deteriorated Patience
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  • 3. Declining Writing Skills
  • 4. Lack of Physical Interactivity
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