in todays society, it’s very important that the youths are safe online, because whatever it is they tend to do while their brains rot away on their “iPads” tends to stay on the internet for very, very long periods of time, and that’s why we’ve been tasked with explaining what to and what not to do on the inter webs. A very significant effect of the digital landscape is education, colleges and universities have been using applicants online presence as a means of deciding if they fit well in the school, a really great tactic to keep out them online weirdo’s. Even employers looking for people to hire and wash dishes for them or something are starting to check for negative online presence, to keep out them online weirdos, like they should be. but, there still are positive sides to being chronically online, because if you’re not an as- *cough cough* terrible human being, employers or colleges and universities have better reason to accept you into their school or dishwashing job or whatever it is someone applies for these days. despite the few positive effects, there’s still a lot of negative ones, like the mental health issues that may come with being chronically online, like anxiety, or the feeling of isolation and loneliness, as well as the physical health issues, like eye strain from staring at a phone all day because you have your brightness all the way up or all the way down, and even worse, a terrible sleep schedule. these are all very real issues that people have from being chronically online, so instead of parents giving them a little slap on the wrist and telling them to “quit it” here’s some actual ways to monitor your kid online, you could engage them in conversation about their tech use, give them a screen time limit, if you have the time, go into these strange online experiences with them, for Christs sake, monitor your kids before they start rotting their brains even more.
works cited
Encouraging Positive Digital Footprints: Strategies for Teens – internet4KIDS. 5 July 2023, https://internet4kids.info/encouraging-positive-digital-footprints-strategies-for-teens/.
Negative Effects of Technology: Psychological, Social, and Health. 25 Feb. 2020, https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/negative-effects-of-technology.
A Healthy Relationship with Technology | Center for the Developing Adolescent. https://developingadolescent.semel.ucla.edu/blog/item/a-healthy-relationship-with-technology. Accessed 29 Oct. 2024.
personal/social competency reflection
By doing absolutely nothing but waste time or do homework online, I make a positive difference to my peers by not being stupid and barely posting anything on anywhere. it’s a really great idea to just not post on anything, like I do. Some of my preferred strategies for maintaining a healthy, balanced online presence include going to sleep at a normal time, instead of 3:45 AM and getting 4 and a half hours of sleep. sleep is important, sleep at a scheduled time and your sleep schedule wont be as messed up as my friend Alejandro’s is. I make digital ethical choices such as actually using my brain and thinking about what i’m putting on the internet instead of just putting it there and regretting it later. It’s surprising how little people actually think before they do something, like post on the internet, its just dumb too.