If you chose to annotate text set #1, please type your responses to this post after you have marked up the text to show your thinking and confusion with questions and comments.
Articles:
- Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains
- Reflect on how much time you spend in front of a computer screen each day.
- Does the warning in this article concern you? Why? Why not?
- Do you have a short attention span? What can you do in your daily life to lengthen your attention span?
- Just How Many Facebook Friends Do You Need?
- Do you suffer from FOMO? Explain.
- Reflect on how Facebook and other sites have affected your friendships?
- Choose a passage from the article and respond to it.
Write as much as you can in response to all of the questions! Go as in-depth as you can to show your reflection.
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I spend at least 10 minutes on my phone because i don’t have a computer. Even though i only use it for 10 minutes i check it hourly during the day. Now that we have lots of technology in and out of school,my concern is that we depend on our technology so much that we wouldn’t know what to do without it.I do have a short attention spam, for example when my mom asks me to do something, during when shes asking me i tend to go off in my own world. I suffer from fomo because when I’m on facebook and see my friends at a party I feel left out. I want to suddenly be there with them and then I become jealous that i wasn’t invited. I have lost touch with lots of people because of facebook and instagram . My friends are so preoccupied with facebook they don’t want to hang out. When we do hang out we go on facebook instead of doing something productive. Passage 2, I think that facebook helps 20 year olds reconnect with old friends that they have lost over time. Either because their busy with starting their new life.
ReplyDeleteI probably spend 4 or 5 hours in front of a screen. It’s facebook, instagram, tumblr, or just texting. The computer it is usually video chatting on skype. This article doesn’t concern me because I still have a good grades. I never feel like my brain is in mush. In the article it says things about how it will affect small children but I’m already a teenager and it won’t be damaging my brain. I didn’t know about facebook until 4th grade or tumblr until 7th grade. I just learned about instagram probably 3 months ago. I don’t think I have a short attention span. I can listen to a lesson during school without zoning out. The only time when I would have a short attention span is when I’m extremely or something.
ReplyDeleteI can suffer from FOMO sometimes because if i get my phone taken away while I’m texting someone or messaging someone on facebook, i tend to think it will be something important and I won't know until I get my phone back. But it would end up not being anything important after all. Facebook ruined some friendships because people don’t think when they type on the internet, including me. I posted my opinion on something and everyone started to blow up on my status say something mean. I was a friend with one of the girls and now I’m not. It affected of how she would talk to me on Facebook. But in person she was nice. It always happens. People don’t have to talk face-to-face and they become crazy. Then the next day, they are all quiet and don’t say a word to you. No, it doesn’t work like that. In the article it says, “Ask a group of elderly people what it was about their lives that made them happiest overall, and they’ll probably mention warm relationships with family and friends.” I think, the article is trying to say you can live a happier life when you are on social networking sites 24/7. The thing i thought about that is, they never had social networking sites. Or at least as many as there are now and how popular they are nowadays. But I don't think my happiest moments in life are from the internet or seeing it on a social networking site. It’s what happens in real life.
I think I spend maybe 3 hrs a day in front of a screen. I think that may be a little bit too much to just enough. The warning does and does not concern me because for some people it is reality, but for me no, its not reality. I don’t have a short attention span. I can focus well because I concentrate on one thing at a time and remind myself what i need to do if I get off topic for a little. I do not suffer from FOMO, i don’t care if i am left out. really its nothing new. I don’t have one so it doesn’t effect me like others. In the article when it said “ The real thing young people should fear is missing out on those few, true, long-term friendships that make for a richer, happier life.” It really stood out to me because the people who are like that can impact you in a big way. I have a few of them.
ReplyDeleteI really don’t spend much time on the computer unless I don’t have anything to do. I spend most of my time on the computer on youtube and on the EA sports websites doing a lot of cool stuff. The warning on the article didn’t concern me because I use the computer a lot and it really doesn’t affect my brain. Im a good student. I have a short attention span when something is really boring and it doesn’t get my attention. I don’t suffer from FOMO because I really don’t care on missing out on stuff. Unless, its a professional soccer game in Soldier field in Chicago!!! Facebook didn’t affect my friendship, but it makes something to talk about when your bored. And The article I chose to explain is the Social website Hurt Children Brains. It talks about how if we look at a computer for a long time, then it could affect our brain. Facebook is one of the most reason why people are on the computer a lot. They also started talking about TV and Video games. I argued about that I spend about 1 hour or more on video games. Talking to friends,and playing some FIFA. It entertaining. But people think that it could damage your brain. For me, it doesn’t damage my brain AT ALL. Im a good student and I play video games.
ReplyDeleteIn a way i used to suffer from FOMO. I usually go on the computer right when i get home. After a while I get bored and go on my ipod. I usually go on Instagram, or listen to music and play games. Then i go back on the computer. I do this everyday. Usually from four to ten at night. But a lot of days so far i have stayed after school for student council and basketball games so i don’t as much. But i believe at one point i was suffering a lot.
ReplyDeleteThis article does bother me a little though. I know i over use my ipod and my computer but i still do it anyways. I think that if i read some more and got deeper in it i would be frightened, but i would rather just not think about it. I try to do as much as possible so I’m not bored and go directly to the computer.
I feel like i do have a short attention span because i get bored very easily. I can tell in class. Sometimes when we have to work alone i start talking to people. I always try but some stuff is so boring! I get bored on facebook too sometimes. I can try finding something to keep my busy so i don’t gt bored.
Facebook and other social media websites do affect some relationships sometimes. People can do basically whatever they want on facebook. If people spread rumors through facebook and people see it they may believe it and not like them for that. Someone could post an embarrassing pictures and they might get mad at them. There are so many ways.
When the story said “ If you are satisfied with your social life, according to psychologists, you tend to be satisfied with life in general.” I agree with this because if you cyberbully or comment mean things you probably are mean in real life as well. Most people i know that swear in comments and statuses sear in real life too. I believe that if you type good comments to make people feel good, and don’t swear are nicer in public.
I do have a FOMO because one time when I was at home reading I didn't get on facebook because I had a headache, but when I got on facebook I noticed pictures of my friends at a carnival and noticed it was a last minute post and whoever was on facebook went. I didn't get mad it was just weird that just because I wasn't on facebook 24/7 I didn't know. But I still dont get on facebook a lot I just make them text me if theres ever a last minute post again! I honestly had NO fights on facebook, I have seen plenty but never got into one. Its actually easy to ignore one and I have no clue how people get into one anyway. But it affects peoples friendships. What stuck out to me the most was when the article explained about how there are people out there with 500 friends but when they make a post only like 12 out of those 500 liked your post. And thats either you barely know those 500 or they don't like your post? Or they're just busy?!Sometimes I spend at least seven hours or less on the computer, which i know isn't really good for me but I actually have nothing to do at home instead of reading a book. The warning in the article does concern me because I want to grow up healthy with no harm done to my brain or damage my eyesight, but I must admit when I get bored I have no idea what else to do. So I just use the computer and talk to my friends. But once I get the option to get out of the house I go but I barely get that option because my parents are always busy. I must say my attention span is kind of short.. thats mostly because I get distracted fast and lose focus which can change. I just need to get back on track and get out more.
ReplyDeleteYes I suffer from FOMO because if I miss something I think it’s bad. Facebook has not in any way affected my friendships at all.on the computer people talk about eachother in nice and not so nice ways.I choose passage a because that one stuck out the most in my opinion because the article said that computers are rewiring our brains that does not make sense.And scientits are on computers complaining about computers computers was one of the best scientific breakthroughs next to light.so I say thad the scientists are just trying to restore more face to face connections and are trying to get us away from the computer now This is a good stratage for doing that.
ReplyDeleteI Agree i also don't understand how scientists can rewire your brain?
DeleteI don't really go on the computer for a long time most of the time its either filming a video for my youtube channel or doing homework and working on building stuff. So i usually spend total including tv and video games its about 2 to 3 hrs a day, sometimes 1 hr daily.The warning in the article actually does concern me because i have family members who spend most of their day on the computer or tv so knowing this can also help me and my brothers/cousins. I do have a short attention span. I think i can lengthen my attention span by paying attention more,staying off the computer, etc... I don't ever have have a fear of missing out , if someone doesn't invite me or include me i don't care i have other places i can go and do with other friends. Facebook hasn't really affected my friendships mostly because i don't use facebook that often as other people so my relationships aren't really affected because none knows my secrets and etc...
ReplyDeleteArticle 1 paragraph 3, There are a ton of of facebook users but over 150 million posting comments and pictures daily is very, very crazy i don't get it why people use facebook like a lifestyle it is very crazy!
This is cool because it seams that he put a lot of detale in to this doc
DeleteI don't use the computer for a long time, just about 1 hour to 1 hour and a half, but thats only because I have restrictions. When I'm on the computer I usually don't go on Facebook or anything like that, I pretty much just go on Youtube and listen to music. The article is concerning, I'm just not too worried because I don't stare at a digital screen for more than two hours. If I were a parent it would alarm me because, well, most kids, go on the computer or stare at a screen, so what would be stopping them from doing the same? So, under the criteria it could be concerning for me. I do have a short attention span, but its not from staring at a screen for hours on end, to make my attention span longer, I'd probably just eat a good breakfast, and go to sleep earlier than I already am. As for ''FOMO'' I do not suffer from it, I feel like if I'm missing out on something, then there is a good reason I'm not in it, or involved with it. About last year, my friend usually got into fights with another girl on Facebook, the fights would linger, and then something would happen and it'd stop for a short while, however, the problem never really went away, even till now. From the text, '' 'I see other 20 somethings feeling pressured to constantly keep up a public image, especially a cyber-public image' wrote Ariana Allensworth'' I agree with this, its true, and I don't understand why people feel the need to do it constantly, like their whole life moves around it.
ReplyDeleteI usually don’t spend very long on the computer when I get home sometimes I don’t even go on. These articles do concern me a little bit because I know people who will go on and won’t get off for a long time. Also what would happen if we never had real life friendships. I don’t have a short or a long attention span i’m sorta in the middle. I can’t focus on the same thing very long nor do I only stay focused for a short amount of time. To increase my attention span I would have to focus more and not become distracted. I don’t suffer from FOMO because it doesn’t really affect me if I was left out I guess. Facebook and other sites haven’t really affected my relationship at all. The second to last paragraph in the second article on the blue seems to show that some social networking is good and is not always a bad thing.
ReplyDeletei spend about 2 hours in front of the television screen a day.yes the articles concern me bc people have to much time on there hands and people need to go to school and yes i do have a short attetion span and by working on homeworkand do more work thats making u have a long attetion span.i dont have f.o.m.o bc i dont use facebook alot only once aday.no it has not affeted my friendship at all.that f.o.m.o people spend wayy to much time on facebook and they need facebook i dont need facebook i just use it for talkin to people.
ReplyDeletei rarely use the computer(0-1hr a day)
ReplyDeletethis story does concern me because that is our future.
i think i have a little bit of a short attention span and i could go out side in stead of the computer more to help with it.
i do not suffer from fomo because i rarely go on Facebook.
i think that Facebook has changed some of my friendships because one of my friends moved to Norway and we can still talk.
the third paragraph from the bottom really surprises me because dunbars number is higher in person than in Facebook.
About 7 hours. Yes it does because more and more that i stay on the computer i am now going to think that it’s going to give me more and more brain damage.I don’t really have a short attention span, Stay off the computer less and less and delete less action that resolves around social network.
ReplyDeleteNo because I have deleted my facebook.Facebook and Twitter Have started drama that was necessary to start.
I see what it is that worries my mother, I feel a lot of parents don’t know what going on on the son/ daughter facebook, and don’t see the damage that is affecting them.
About three hours. A little bit because all of that stuff can happen.Many people do go in the internet instead of going outside or go with there family.Yes because i always get distracted or just start talking to friends. I can concentrate but its hard to concentrate for a very long time. Try to pay attention more and don't get distracted easily. Just ignore the stuff happening and pay attention.
ReplyDeleteSometimes i miss out on fun stuff but i usually keep up with stuff. No one likes to get left out of big stuff. Facebook makes me keep in touch with my friends if they can hang out or not. So it actually helps because i talk to them on facebook too. People shouldn't be scared of getting left out because many people get left out of stuff so you're not the only one.
I don’t really spend a lot of time on facebook or any other social media. because i know that it is not always good to be on technology for so long. The warning in this article does not really concern me that much because i’m not always on facebook but it is shocking that all of this is true. I do have a short attention span but i only get off track when something is boring or if i don’t like it. When something that is going on and i’m not invited to it or i can’t go i do get a little mad sometimes but most of the time i get over it. Facebook did not bring any bad things to my life only good things like, i met a lot of people that goes to this school when i was living in bolingbrook. When it says that technology is bad for you and it can hurt your brain i wa shocked that what it said was true.
ReplyDeleteMy reflection of time I spend on the computer in from one to two hours a day. The warning in this article does concern me because this could change a persons personality in a little ways or in a bigger ways. My reflection of my attention span is short on some things, to lengthen my attention span, I either try to sit through it, or find something to do
ReplyDeleteI don’t really suffer from FOMO, except when my Mom, and her fiance do something when I’m somewhere else. Facebook and other social media don’t affect my friendship because I don’t go on social medias very often. The quote that stuck out to me was, “The more you talk about yourself on sites on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, or Tumblr the more successful you are” -Samantha Henig because you can go back and reread it, and see what people comment on what your actions or thoughts and you can see on what you can improve on it if you did something bad, and continue what you're doing right/ really well.
i spend at least 4 hours during the weekdays but on the weekend i spend at least 8-9 hours on the computer(not facebook,tumblr,Etc.) we aren’t young children anymore we are young adults
ReplyDeleteand aren’t still developing our brains like a child. but i would be concerned about my social life. I definitely have a short attention span when it comes to learning things. pay attention to the things taught better.
No i don't suffer from FOMO because i don't care if my friends are having a party or something because thats them not me. I used Facebook for about 2 weeks and it has done nothing except make some friendships awkward. The limit to having friends: how could someone keep track of that many friends, i couldn't have that many. Or even get that many friends.
i don't suffer from FOMO because i don't fear from missing out.i
ReplyDeleteam not afraid to be missed out on something. i have missed out
on a lot of things so i don't care. i have found some new
friendship with some other people i know and i knew them better
than i did before this affected me because this help me get a
trustful friend .
“ facebook itself has figured this out has developed an algorithm
that restricts the update “ this is exciting because i use it i have
recognized some of the update. and it gets better everytime. but
sometimes it annoys me and they put ad and they make things
bad.
I believe that I can spend too much time in front of a screen, but I try to be conscious of how long I look at a screen. The warning of the article did concern me because I want to make sure that our next few generation’s brains won’t turn to “mush”. I would say that I do not have that short of an attention span because I can concentrate on enough things to get my work done. I would say that one thing that can help my attention span is reading because you have to be able to concentrate to understand what is happening. I would have to say that sometimes I do suffer from FOMO because I feel like I am not considered to to fit in with the “popular” people, but I do not suffer from FOMO when I am with my close friends. I think that social media has affected my life for the good, the bad, and the ugly. I make sure that I don;t let it take over my whole life. I felt mad when the second article said that 20 somethings will look back at this time and think what happened with their lives.? I felt like anybody in our society can do better than that and we really need to be conscious on what we are doing now a days.
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ReplyDelete1. Social website hurts children’s brain
well if i have to say how much time i spend on the computer it will be around the estimate for a school day average out to about 4 or 5 hours a day. On weekend maybe like 11 or 12 hours starting from 8:00 am to 6 or 7 pm. Most of the time only on YouTube nothing else but YouTube.
Does the warning in the article concern me no not at all why because i'm not that hooked into computer where my brain is turning off i’m still caring about going outside having fun activities and learning new stuff. On the computer is just a side thing where if i get bored i can just go on the computer and have some fun.
Yes sometimes it decides on what i really have interest for and what i don't like social studies i have interest for that math not that much my span is higher and lower. A way that i can probably just a least try to focus more on stuff that i think that not important because the might really be.
2.just how many Facebook friend do you need
do suffer from FOMO no why because i miss out on a lot in life from party, field trip holidays and all the other good stuff and i just had to take it so no.
they just get jealous like in the article just how many Facebook friend’s do you need when Samantha talking on the 10th paragraph when she see her friend taking a slideshow but they didn't invite her and they had barbecue and she was saying why didn't i get barbecue she felt jealous of them having fun without her
Well for me i spent like five to six hours on the computer everyday just on facebook, listening to music, watching a movie, or chatting with friends. Well when i think about it it does concern me a little but not enough to stop from using social media or using the computer a lot because that is what i do all day right when i get back from school i get on my laptop and the only time I get off is when I am really tired and want to go to sleep and that is around 9 or 10:30 and sometimes longer. I do sometimes have a short attention span it depends on how much sleep i got, the mood i am in and if i care about this thing i am doing or not then that is how you will know that I have a short span. I can get more sleep, us the computer less often, avoid distractions and that is how i can lengthen my attention span ( pay attention more).
ReplyDeleteWell it isn’t very often when i suffer from FOMO. It is really rare when it happens it usually happens when i am talking with my friends and then all a sudden they all start talking to each other and then i start suffering from FOMO. Facebook has effected my friendship like one of my friends wrote this comment about me and i didn't like so i have afight that friend and i never talk to that person again, so yes facebook has effected my frienships.
I picked the third paragraph on the second page it talks about how we are just so preoccupied with potential friends that we just forget to be with friends we already have. I agree with what they are saying because it is abslutly true we just get so distracted with our potential friends that we tottally forget about the friends we already have and we just don't talk to them becaus ewe are too preoccupied.
I tend to spend a lot of time on the computer every day. Social life does tend to revolve around the computer since it’s convenient and it seems everyone else is online social networking sites as well.
ReplyDeleteNo the warning does not concern me. I think we are just fine i think Social networking does more good than harm.
YES, i think if i listen more instead of hearing i will get better.
I do not suffer from FOMO im fine if people go have fun.
Facebook has both made my relationships stronger, and strained. Strained because of the annoyance of constant messages. Strong because of the convo’s.
Responding to the question asking if she’ll feel missed out of relationships. I say no, bc she’ll still communicate with friends.