Long Screen Time Research Paper

Name: Jacqueline Poncio Class 805 Technologies Upcoming Rise The average screen time per week is 46 hours. That's about 6 hours per day. There are a vast number of reasons why you should use technology, but is it benefiting us? There are many reasons why technology has improved our lives and will continue to do so in the future.

Technology has opened many opportunities for students, but is it taking a toll on their education? Based on the two articles the “Avid Weekly: When it is and isn’t OK to be on your smartphone: the conclusive guide” by Caitlin Dewey and Is Technology Killing Our Friendship By Lauren Tarshis, technology can have a lasting effect that can either be positive or negative. Technology has let the world stay in touch with what’s happening around them, which has positively affected students and their surroundings. Causing disruptions though is something not to be happy about, because if technology advances in classrooms, students can easily be picked off into the wonders of technology. Although technology has helped students prosper, there are still

People spend a lot of time on technology each day. Right now, according to cnn.com, “Adults in the United States devoted about 10 hours and 39 minutes each day.” From spending so much time on technology we are becoming addicted. It is becoming a big problem.

“Technology use can benefit the brain in some ways, researchers say. Imaging studies show the brain of internet users become more efficient at finding information. And players of some video games develop better visual acuity” (Attached to Technology and Paying a Price written by Matt Richtel). If the students don’t have technology for a week they will be wanting their phones back, so this means they won’t pay as much attention in class. If the students have no screens for a week then the students will not be able to access online activities that the teachers would normally assign. The Montesano Jr.Sr. High School should not participate in the state wide movement “Washington Screen Free Week.”

Electronics are believed to interfere with learning. Jose Antonio Bowen states in his article, “NO: Classrooms Must Be a Place of Focus and Mental Stillness,” that instead of improving education, technology “doesn’t solve the problem, it only brings it into the classroom.” However, these problems could be prevented if students were given restrictions while still having the ability to find different and unique ways to boost their knowledge. In “YES: New Tools Let Students Learn More, and More Deeply,” Lisa Nielsen explains that just because they have access to electronic devices does not necessarily mean that they are doing something other than texting or cheating, and that teachers are monitoring their students at the best of their ability.

According to a poll of four-hundred ten teachers and 2000 parents, “…91 percent of teachers in the study believe children’s attention spans are becoming shorter as they opt for screen-based activities over conventional reading” (Brech para. 7). This attention-span reducing belief also affects me, as I have slight ADHD and an attention span of seven seconds. Lizzete Borelli, writer of the article “Human Attention Span Shortens to 8 Seconds Due to Digital Technology: 3 Ways to Stay Focused”, says, “A recent study by Microsoft Corporation has found this digital lifestyle has made it difficult for us to stay focused, with the human attention span shortening from 12 seconds to eight seconds in more than a decade” (Borelli 1). In a nutshell, technology can harm you physically in the form of an attention-span

“Don’t sit too close to the T.V. or you’ll go blind” stressed every parent. Many of us spend hours in front of a screen, whether we are sitting in front of a computer, T.V., tablet, or phone. Our eyes are always put under constant strain and stress. The more you stare at the computer screen, the more tv you watch, and the more you play games on your smartphone, the more stress you’re putting on your eyes. Lower the brightness level of your screen can help your eyes to relax. Give your eyes a break by putting down the gadget and make an effort to use natural light.

Technology has been around for decades and has been improving and developing ever since. Currently, the school board is debating whether or not the students and the staff should participate in “Shut Down Your Screen Week.” This is a national movement where nobody may use any electronic media for an entire week. In our generation now, modern technology is simplifying our lives to make it easier and better. This is the reason why it is almost everywhere. It is in homes, in our work, and in our schools. Although some individuals might argue that too much technology is bad for us, we should not participate in “Shut Down Your Screen Week,” because technology is able to help children become more interested in learning, can improve student’s skills, and it can also make work for teachers easier.

Technology has many positive effects on various aspects of our lives. But what I have realized after reading the texts “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”, “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price” and “Social Media As a Community”we very often ignore how many negative effects that electronics has. Our school needs to practice our standard curriculum without the abundant use of electronics. The “Shut Down Your Screen Week” is an opportune time to do this. Some people think we shouldn’t participate in this but we need to because electronics can be mentally crippling , socially impairing ,and heavily distracting.

People spend an average of 12 hours per day on technology. Researchers say that it is not healthy to be on that much technology everyday. People may say that we shouldn't have shut down your screens, week because we could hunt down information by Google looks at 45,000 pages for us. While this is true We are still very lazy and technology is the cause. If we spend 12 hours on technology

On average, a teen spends about seven hours per day on their phone. However, screentime can impact you given much less time than that. For example, after I binge-watch my favorite T.V. show (on the Netflix app on my phone) or scroll through social media for just a few hours, I feel tired and irritated. The irony is that I didn’t do any real work to feel worn out. Yet, staring at this small screen actually did cause my body to do some work, such as: straining my eyes to focus on the screen (which eventually leads to blurred vision, and automatically causes my neck muscles to tighten). Jeff Taylor, a Medical Director, shares that 1 out of 4 of his patients’ symptoms of eye strain are caused from reading text on a small screen. You may have shared

As I mentioned earlier you can develop epilepsy (seizure disorder) from spending to much time staring at a screen. If you didn’t already know epilepsy is a disease in which sudden repetitive episodes of sensory disturbance(disorders of special sense), loss of consciousness, or seizures(a sudden, violent movement, due to contraction of muscles in the body, this is caused by having no control over conscious), corresponding with unusual electrical brain activity. As of today 2.5 to 3 million people have Epilepsy just in the U.S, and more than 200,000 people develop Epilepsy per year. Epilepsy is a serious disease that no one should get because they were spending too much time on the internet.

Like Albert Einstein said “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute — and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.” So minutes can last for hours or hours can last for minutes, so you must make the most of your time and enjoy it. The longest minute in my life lasted ages. It happened when I was in fifth grade.

Technology and these devices are addictive. To tell parents and children that they should not limit themselves or their children on the amount of time they spend looking at screens is foolish, and sometimes it dooms

The advent of technology has significantly increased the amount of time we spend in front of screens. What does this mean for eye health?