Technology : Overused By Children

Modern Technology is good for the developing brain of a child.When using any modern technology like Ipad, Iphone, Ipod, laptop computer anything, when using these amazing their brains are constantly being used. Each icon they click each word they read each picture or color they see is all recorded in their brains. When a child is on a application, that child zooms in on the activity which causes a chain reaction to the brain keeping the brain active, and exercising. “The impact of heavy media and technology use on kids are social, emotional and cognitive development is only beginning to be studied, and the emergent results are serious.” This quote proves of my statement because it says that a child’s emotional and cognitive development are being affected by technology. There are a lot of brain exercises on the internet. Just for a kid going on the computer and seeing screen light up and reading the words to guide them to a activity is exercising because you’re using your brain to use the computer, and reading the word google or yahoo or even the startup menu.”Children now rely on technology for the majority of their play, grossly limiting challenges to their creativity and imaginations,

The biggest problem with today’s education is how rapid technology is advancing. So rapid, in fact, that schools are attempting to keep up, but are sadly falling short. Teachers are being required to incorporate new technology into their everyday methods of teaching. The use of IPads or laptops in classrooms can be helpful to both teachers and students(edreform online classes)”. If a teacher is not overly familiar with the new devices, then the students will lose what little time they have to learn. As a teacher is attempting to fix technical problems in one class, the class that has a tech savvy teacher will be advancing far ahead. On the other hand, if a classroom is full of students who are very unfamiliar with the technology will have to be taught how to operate it, which wastes valuable time. In today’s society technology usage is so much more widespread than it was just five years ago. The new toys can allow schools to broaden their curriculum. Since most work can be done on a single device, kids can work at their own pace and potentially reach heights they could never reach with book, pen, and paper. The benefits of this new tech greatly outweigh the downsides. The biggest problem with technology in classrooms is their lack of use. So few schools have jumped on board with these programs, and therefore are holding their kids back. These products are readily available, but “the use of new technology

From computers filling whole rooms to cellphones fitting in the palm of our hands, technology has come a long way. With the advancements that have been made we are able to dive into a whole new world of possibilities like never before. We are all able to communicate with someone miles away in an instant, as well as obtain vast amounts of countless information for any purpose on a whim. Technology has helped this generation develop. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about the next. With technology being integrated in our society more than ever before, young children are being exposed to technology at such a young age that it is becoming detrimental to their wellbeing.

According to the article “What’s the Matter with the Kids Today”, many adults believe that new technology is consuming the minds of young people. Amy Goldwasser uses research from Common Core surveys as well as Doris Lessing’s Nobel Prize acceptance speech to create her argument. Goldwasser uses these examples to explain that if parents and teachers better understood the use of technology, students wouldn’t be punished for their overuse of technology today.

In today’s society we are overwhelmed with technology. Technology is changing everyday, and will forever be a staple in our lives. The effect that technology has on our children has brought on some concerns and some praises. Children these days have no choice but to some how be influenced by the ever growing technology in our societies. Our common concern has been that although digital technology has boosted children’s talent for multitasking, their ability to process information deeply may be deteriorating (Carpenter, 2010). Many people have a wide range of opinions on if technology is having a positive influence on our children or a negative, there is a vast amount of evidence to support both of these arguments. Technology can refer to

Remember that scary, grotesque, evil monster we were all scared of when we were younger? Well, it's alive, we just can't see it, and it's called technology. As we all know, technology is changing and evolving every day; but it's almost as if the technology is taking over the minds of our future generation. Schools are incorporating technology into learning more and more all the time. Every month there is a new phone, tablet, television, laptop and even thousands of websites. These devices can come in handy and can be helpful, but they almost are consuming everyone's mind and minimizing critical thinking. Many of technology users are children or young adults. Although the use of technology in education can have some positive results, it has more negative effects that are affecting students.

Many studies and observations have been made on how technology can negatively affect a child’s physical health, mental health, emotional well-being, values, educational development and relationships. The results of these studies found technology exposure can be linked to childhood obesity, behavioral problems, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism, coordination disorder, unintelligible speech, developmental delays, learning difficulties, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders, poor physical activity and poor school performance.

Every day, the Generation Z/Boomlets, those born after 2001, are starting to interact more and more with technological devices. This can cause very serious consequences and it can affect their development, such as irregular sleeping pattern, lack empathy, social and language skills and health issues. The Common Sense organization did some research and discovered that 10 percent of one year olds have used a technology device. They also found out that 38 percent of children between two and four years old have used mobile devices like iPhone, tablets or Kindles and more than fifty percent between ages five to eight years old also use mobile devices. How can kids have this much access to technological devices at such a young age? I remember I didn’t have my first phone until the ninth grade and it was a flip phone; I received my first iPhone in my senior year of high school. Kids these days are growing up too fast and interacting more and more early with technology and besides affecting their development, this will come back to affect our future.

But who has ever torn himself from the claw that encloses you when you drop a seed in a tv parlor? It grows you any shape it wishes! This quote is relevant to how technology is changing the way how children think and act. Many people believe that technology is changing the way that kids act and think. There is three reasons why people think that technology is changing kids minds they are more than half of video games are violent, kids watch on average 4 ½ hours of television, and how many teenagers have access to a smartphone.

Despite the positive ways in which technology could be used in order to teach and learn vast amounts information, an epidemic of technology dependent children is occurring (Lenhart, Teen, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015, 2015). This problem has negatively influenced the way adolescents have been conditioned to interact and communicate in the virtual world versus the physical world (Lenhart, Teen, Social Media & Technology Overview 2015, 2015). Given the circumstances of continuous use of various devices, adolescents are steadily connecting to technology and becoming more disconnected from physical, human connections (Farber et al.,

Technology is forming barriers. Barriers between parent and child, barriers in the mind of a child, and barriers between a child and his peers. Barriers that prevent crucial relationships from forming, barriers that prohibit children from being able to interact socially, barriers that prevent children from being able to grasp their own emotion, and barriers that obstruct imagination from flourishing and academic muscles from

With the use of technology, comes many negatives. These negatives range from cyberbullying to addiction, which all ties back to over usage. The overuse of technology spreads throughout the U.S and affect many kids of different age,

Imagine walking at a park on a nice sunny day with some kids and asking them to go play, five minutes later.. looking up, all their is a empty park because all of them have a technology in their hands and seeing how they are just tapping into those screens nonstop? That is what is happening today in society. Online and real life situations, adolescents behaviors are changing everyday because of these technology uses. The behaviors that the adolescent shows has changed rapidly as technology starts to become very high tech. Their behaviors are showing increasing numbers of cyber bullying, not being very active with other children's, or not going outdoors and more causes. Because of this, if children's behavior with technology is not monitored, it could lead to serious and dangerous consequences.

Children are being exposed to technology today more than they are being exposed 50 years ago. Children were only watching television, before computers and internet arrive, but now children are exposed to technological devices more than before because they have unlimited access to their computers and their smartphones. Easy access to these devices brings risks and disadvantages for the children, such as laziness, absent of physical activities, social and psychological problems, biological problems and focusing problems. Children should be followed more closely to prevent the disadvantages of technology.

The ways of today’s society are a trap to the common child. One cannot go out in public without seeing at least one child using some form of technology. When most are used to seeing children playing in their front yards or on a playground as they once did, they have a sudden awakening when they realize, most children are not like that anymore. Modern culture is a corruption to one’s childhood and causes a child to be unsocial, unhealthy, and constantly pressured to follow the newest trends in social media, however, certain TV shows and websites have been known to try and educate children.