Friday, June 3, 2011

Digital Worlds: Frontline

Based on the documentary we watch in class this Friday by Frontline Digital Worlds,
we will begin to discuss attention, multi-tasking, and addiction. We will take polls and quizzes found here to understand more about our interaction with technology. However in the meantime, please answer these questions to the best of your ability.

Americans spend more than 32 hours a week watching television and another five hours (or more) in front of a computer screen. Based on the video we watched, how do you think life in front of a screen affects human development, including the ability to focus our attention?

How do you think people shouid keep their Internet use in sensible balance with other important life activities?


See you on Tuesday! Have a great weekend. Enjoy the weather for it doesn't get better than this.

8 comments:

Anthony Tresca said...

Based on the video that we watched in class, I believe that life in front of a screen affects human development in a negative way, if people get out of hand while using the internet. Using the internet makes it more difficult for people to focus their attention on one thing. I believe that people should use the internet, but only to a certain degree. The internet should definately be used when it comes to school and work, but should only be used limitedly when it comes to entertainment.

Anthony Tresca said...

Based on the video that we watched in class, I believe that life in front of a screen affects human development in a negative way, if people get out of hand while using the internet. Using the internet makes it more difficult for people to focus their attention on one thing. I believe that people should use the internet, but only to a certain degree. The internet should definately be used when it comes to school and work, but should only be used limitedly when it comes to entertainment.

Ahmad Taha said...

w do you think life in front of a screen affects human development, including the ability to focus our attention? I think the only really bad affect is on eyes and vision, but other than that, i don't think life in front of a screen can harm a person too much as long as they go outside and get exercise once in a while.

How do you think people shouid keep their Internet use in sensible balance with other important life activities? I don't think they're needs to be a balance because we use the internet for practically everything, personally, I might use it for her homework, and for talking to distant family and Skype, and everything in between. Thus as long as you can stay focused, there is no need for balance.

Ahmad Taha said...

w do you think life in front of a screen affects human development, including the ability to focus our attention? I think the only really bad affect is on eyes and vision, but other than that, i don't think life in front of a screen can harm a person too much as long as they go outside and get exercise once in a while.

How do you think people shouid keep their Internet use in sensible balance with other important life activities? I don't think they're needs to be a balance because we use the internet for practically everything, personally, I might use it for her homework, and for talking to distant family and Skype, and everything in between. Thus as long as you can stay focused, there is no need for balance.

Arielle Ahladianakis said...

Based on the video we watched Digital worlds by Frontline, I think life in front of a computer screen effects people in a negative way because when your young, that is the age that your brain is developing and if all you do is sit in front a computer screen that's all you will want to do. I think the internet should be used only to a certain extent, defiantly in school but not to be abused at home.

mohammad rahim said...

Based on the video we watched you can conclude that life in front of the screen has a negative affect on human developement. It was proven that most think that they are well mulit-taskers, but in reality they are really bad at it and cant focus their attention on what it needs to be focused on. In order to keep their internet use in sensible balance people should be able to block out the urge to go online or any other distraction and should know their priorities.

Chris Fabrizio said...

Based on the video that we watched in class I think that life in front of a screen has a negative effect on human development. I think that using the internet too much makes it harder for a person to focus their attention on more than one thing. I believe that the internet should be used in school but I think that when it comes to youtube and other stuff it should be limited.

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