Growing Up Digital Wired For Distraction Summary

In the article entitled “Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children” Jane E. Brody discusses how the youth is facing a problematic issues with electronic media causing them to become unhealthy and hindering their normal development. First, Brody points outs that a great deal of electronic media usage can conflict with children’s schoolwork. The writer also indicates that adolescents who spend a great deal of their time playing video games tend to block out the outside world and become anti-social. In addition, she states that “young children under the age of two should not be exposed to electronic media because a child’s brain develops rapidly during the first years”. The author also indicates that young children learn more efficiently by

Lauren Shinozuka wrote “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness” for a class assignment. She is a college student that lives in the world of technology and internet. Her idea to address how dependent the world has become on technology without even realizing it. Lead her to her own evaluation of her life and how technology has changed how she deals and interacts with people.

A report from Pediatrics International says, “Along with increased gaming can come sleep deprivation, especially among young people. Rather than reducing the amount of time spent playing, gamers often opt to lose sleep instead.” This report is proving from events called “Double XP”, which is provided in most online multiplayer games, every three months at most. The people who play Call of Duty, Smite, Gears of war, Halo, which are all violence games, may experience the need to drive to take their sleep away, just to gain an extra level. Xbox also has a special tool, as many Beta for games do, to show the amount of time playing, the amount of certain modes and weapons used, etc. The Double XP events continued from friday morning to monday morning. Which can also cause the lack of interest in learning for the next day of school. It takes students minds off task of homework and chores. Attending these events, students miss school monthly, and miss quality time with family. The amount of time sleeping decreases the aggressive behavior. The importances of sleeping is to let your body function properly, re energize and staying

In many ways I’m a normal teenager. One way i’m not a normal teenager is I play too many video games. In fact after school I play 1 or 2 video games. During school if i have time I play games on my phone. I think from all the videogames I play that my grades have dropped some not much but a little. If we go over the amount of screen time then it could affect us later in life. If we have too much screen time then the prefrontal cortex won't tell us if something is bad or good because the prefrontal is not developed fully. The American Academy of Pediatrics should not raise the recommended screen time from 2 to 4 hours.

In Matt Ritchel’s article “Grow Up Digital, Wired for Distraction” displays that technology and media is making problems for teens as far homework goes, because not all teens review the choices they have so they get distracted and it goes downhill from there not getting their work done or not paying attention to what they’re doing not getting their work done or not paying attention to what they’re doing. The first point the author makes is that teens have always faced distractions and time-wasters, but the new technology has posed a new threat to learning and focusing, and adult brains can have consequences as well but there brains are already developed enough to not be as powerful to them. In the text the author quotes Michael Rich saying,

In my opinion, sleep is very valuable to high school students and the writers are right in some of the aspects. For example, they are right when they say “good sleep is a fragile creature” (qtd. Shawn Stevenson) in my view it is, but some tips that are given in this article are hard to do. For example, the article reads “So chill on the screens.” They say this because they are informing us that when you are on your screen like your

Edifier of the Convivial Studies of Science and Technology at MIT, Dr. Sherry Turkle commenced the piece that introduced the contested issue of multitasking by taking the stance that while it is commonly assumed that multitasking will accommodate students well, in reality multitasking does more harm than good. She makes the vigorous claim

Nearly every day, you can read articles about urbanized countries throughout the world, with issues or concerns arising from individuals playing video games for excessive amounts of time. Individuals form addictions to a surge in excessive or violent behaviors, commonly found among teens or younger children. Studies also indicate playing excessive amounts of video games can also have an effect on your sleeping patterns in a negative way. For instance, playing an extreme amount of video games prior to going to bed may create a more difficult time in falling asleep. So, I decided to take on a similar yet different type of study to discover out how much video gaming an average high schooler plays each night and how this may affect how many hours of sleep he/she receives. I was unable to find any online articles for this type of study, so I decided to find out for myself using the high school population at a local school. As the study began, I did believe that students who participated in excessive video gaming may receive less sleep.

The article written by Matt Richtel essentially examines the link between digital technology and student academics in the 21st century. Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction looks at a student-Vishal Singh, an aspiring 17-year-old filmmaker who spends the majority of his time on the Internet. When he is not on Facebook or YouTube, he is making digital videos. Vishal is also constantly in touch with his friends throughout the day by text or social media platforms. Technology has become a large part of this particular student’s life and is seen as his top priority. It is also seen as an effective tool for procrastination from his responsibilities. As a result, technology is consuming most of his time and schoolwork is being affected. Although

Does pathological game-playing cause poor school performance? To this question I have two answers. If kids play videogames too much they will have low performance in school. Some kids play video games but even it out. If kids play their video games on the weekend after homework it will have a more positive effect on schoolwork and school performance. In the article it says that kids play too many video games. I think that kids play too many video games, but i think the real problem is that they do not even it out enough. For example, if a kid plays 10 hours of video games straight they will not want to do anything else after. If the kid spreads out the time they might be willing to do other things. I think that kids who do not even out their

In today’s society, the concerns for the effects of video games have acquired quite a terrible reputation. Worried parents around the world assume video games make their children do poorly in school, and create violent, desensitized, antisocial children. The increase in violent games, usually get the blame for aggressive behavior, shootings and violence in schools and young individuals. Most beliefs about video games effect on the brain and emotions are very common misconceptions. I strongly believe that video games are an essential tool to learning and gaining much-needed skills. When people look at the studies that have been done on video games and the brain, it will be apparent that some myths about video games have been blown out of proportion. It has come to my attention that there are studies that prove the negative effects of video games may only last the duration of game play. Kids can improve in general knowledge with educational video games like Leap Frog. Video games can train specific areas of the brain as well as increase brain flexibility and memory. Gaming actually has more beneficial effects than negative effects. Video games are excellent educational implement used in elementary schools. It is extremely helpful in brain development and helping kids with trouble reading improve. Memory retention can be improved and increased with the use of strategic, thinking games. Video games, as funny as it might sound, even promote

for 3 hours a week, while the other set played none. The set who played the

Nearly every day, you can read articles about urbanized countries throughout the world, with issues or concerns arising from individuals playing video games for excessive amounts of time.  Individuals form addictions to a surge in excessive or violent behaviors, commonly found among teens or younger children.  Studies also indicate playing excessive amounts of video games can also have an effect on your sleeping patterns in a negative way.  For instance, playing an extreme amount of video games prior to going to bed may create a more difficult time in falling asleep.  So, I decided to take on a similar yet different type of study to discover out how much video gaming an average high schooler plays each night and how this may affect how many hours of sleep he/she receives.  I was unable to find any online articles for this type of study, so I decided to find out for myself using the high school population at a local school.  As the study began, I did believe that students who participated in excessive video gaming may receive less sleep.

“High-school students who report spending more time playing video games or who report spending more money on video games had poorer grades in English classes” (Gentile, Lynch, Linder, Walsh 2). All young minds that play video games longer than the average time start to show a poor performance in school. These children start to think more about the video games they are watching and playing every day, rather than doing their homework and studying for tests.

Digital distraction is the addiction that one has to the internet, their phone or any form of digital technology. This is constantly becoming a bigger problem in this day and age as technology is advancing and new electronics are constantly being released. These nonstop advancements are having a big impact on education, especially in the college classroom. Being digitally distracted can do a lot to a person, considering the fact that the phone and internet have become a huge form of pleasure for many. Being digitally distracted can make a person lazy and careless and when it is happening in the college classroom, it gets in the way of learning. Digital distraction is being seen everywhere nowadays, but one of the places that is has the biggest impact is the college class because it inhibits learning not just for the user, but for the people around them too. Due to this rise in technology, millennials “have been dubbed “digital natives” for their comfort with and addiction to devices like smartphones” (Gose). This is something that needs to be fixed because it causes things such as, the students not listening and missing their professor’s instructions, leading to bad grades and habits, distracts others, and can cause overall laziness. Although technology has become an on growing problem in the class there are some solutions to solving this issue such as taking phones away, having a place to put them at the beginning of class, a