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The Internet has caused educators to confront issues related to new technologies, as previous technological innovations have never been adopted so rapidly and in so many places simultaneously.

Students use instant messaging (IM) to pair-share during the reading of the story with their 8 o'clock buddy.

As more classrooms and schools adopt one-to-one laptop instruction, the need to document the work of teachers and students in such settings is important (Dunleavy et al., 2007). The descriptions found in this article provide the pragmatic details of making such a transition in instruction and can serve as roadmaps for teachers considering such a shift in their instructional practice.

Once these activities are complete, he checks to see what the morning sponge is (an activity to keep students engaged as Todd checks in with individual students). Today the sponge is centered on vocabulary, so Michael uses the thesaurus on his laptop for the word launched so that he can gain an idea of what this word means and learn about related words. He then uses his word processing application to write a sentence using this word, thereby demonstrating his understanding of its definition. Complementing the sentence is a nonlinguistic representation of the word that he creates by using a drawing application (see Figure 3). This activity and the class webpage demonstrate the hybridity evident in new literacies documents (Lemke, 1998), where students use word processing, drawing, or music in a single document.

When working independently, Michael does one of three things. The first is to respond to a writing prompt on his computer that is directly related to the story or informational text read that day. Michael also completes a digital practice sheet or worksheet, a more traditional use of technology. The third activity is a book study. Students are offered multiple titles that are related to the theme of the core program from which to choose.

Breaks in Instruction During recess breaks throughout the day, students are free to stay in the room and engage in noninstructional activities. Michael engages in sending IMs, checking and sending e-mail, and going online to enter kid-friendly virtual worlds like Club Penguin (www.miniclip.com/games/club-penguin/en/). Students, particularly those who do not have Internet access at home, enjoy engaging in these activities during breaks in instruction.

End of the Day Routines Before leaving school, Michael picks up his homework from the server. Tonight's homework is a graphic organizer that is to be filled out from a webpage. Todd saved a copy of the webpage for pickup because not all of Michael's classmates have Internet access at home. Michael leaves school with his laptop tucked into his backpack, ready for out-of-school learning.

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3. Obesity

lose the ability to read body language

talking to friends online

engrossed in video games

more time

watching funny cat videos on YouTube

spending less time being active or exercising

4. Depression

perfect recipe for depression with the lack of human contact, overeating and lack of exercise

5. Poor Sleep Habits

sucked into online activities that keep us up too late and the constant stream of information can make it difficult to turn off our brains

6. Pollution

e that they wouldn’t say in person. The increase in cyber-bullying has also led to an increase in teen suicides

7. Increased Bullying

increase in bullying and escalated the degree of severity

Kids are no longer able to escape their tormentors once they reach the safety of their own homes

Bullies infiltrate the security of their victims’ homes through online avenues. It is also easier to get more kids involved in bullying because people are more likely to say things onlin

his constant stream of out with the old, in with the new is adding to the levels of toxicity in our air and land. E-waste is not always disposed of properly, causing deadly chemicals to leach into the ground. Plants that manufacture the electronics are emitting toxic fumes into the air. Plus there is little to no regulations on the disposal of personal E-waste.

8. Lack of Privacy

internet has stripped the world of privacy

9. Higher Level of Deceit

people use the internet to deceive others

10. Warped Sense of Reality

Using the internet as an escape from real life is very easy to do

no Photoshop or avatar for the reflection in your mirror, bills must be paid and saying smartass things is frowned upon

online you are a freaking rock star

11. Stress

Constantly being “plugged in” and “connected” causes an extra layer of stress that wasn’t present before the overuse of technology.

12. Blackberry/iPhone Thumb

Tendonitis in the thumb

13. Lack of Social Boundaries

people over share on social media sites

sending unsolicited nude photos

Cyber stalking

14. Lack of Sexual Boundaries

Exposure to sexual content is more likely to happen at a much younger age

15. Lack of Social Bonds

Creating a lasting bond with other people requires face-to-face interaction

16. Constant Distraction

When we are focused on a device instead of what’s going on around us we miss a great deal.

17. Neck and Head Pain

Constantly looking down at devices can cause neck pain and over time will cause the neck to lose its natural curve. Eyestrain can also cause headaches, blurred vision and migraines.

18. Shortened Attention Span

Constant news feeds, getting information in 140 characters and videos that are 10 minutes or less has literally rewired our brains

19. Addiction

The use of social media has shortened our attention span from 12 minutes to 5 minutes.

People are not only dependent on technology they are also addicted to it. Studies have shown that when cell phones are taken away subjects heard or felt fathom vibrations, continuously reached for phones that weren’t there and became fidgety and restless.

20. Lack of Empathy

The constant stream of violent scenes on video games, TV, movies and YouTube causes people to become desensitized to destruction of any kind.

21. More Violence

23. Developmental Issues in Childre

22. Higher Energy Consumption

the increased overall use is causing a higher consumption of energy.

After people lose empathy and are accustomed to violence, it becomes the social norm.

Children are using more technology now than they have ever used in the past. All of the negative effects that social media and television is having on adults are far greater when it comes to the developing minds of children

4. Neurosis

Technology causes people to suffer from mental and emotional disturbances, such as anxiety, phobias and delusions, which are all symptoms of neurosis.

25. Loss of Hearing and Eyesight

Using headphones and ear buds can cause people to lose their hearing over time. Likewise, straining your eyes looking at computer and device screens can cause people to need glasses much earlier in life.

Punctuation errors are huge, and apostrophe errors. Students seem to have absolutely no idea what an apostrophe is for.

Poor grammar is the major reason students fail

one in 10 new students are not qualified to take the mandatory writing courses required for graduation.

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

"spelling is getting better because of Spellcheck,"

committee will immediately get their backs up when they see that kind of written style."

"Punctuation errors are huge, and apostrophe errors. Students seem to have absolutely no idea what an apostrophe is for. None. Absolutely none."

Cellphone texting and social networking on Internet sites are degrading writing skills

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.

"It would say to me ... 'well, this person doesn't think very clearly, and they're not very good at analyzing complex subjects, and they're not very good at expressing themselves, or at worse, they can't spell, they can't punctuate,'

short-change themselves,

words 'a lot' have become one word, for everyone, as far as I can tell. 'Definitely' is always spelled with an 'a' - 'definately'.

"There's a notion of a golden age in the past that students were wonderful, unlike now. I'm not sure that golden age ever existed," he says.

You can go back and read Plato and see Socrates talking about the allegations that this generation isn't as not as good as previous ones," he notes.