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The article also talks about how educational technology revolutions have been promise droughou the year from ees 10 video to desktop computers to Upteeincc neil aos lieth chef ng eductlonal experience forthe ets but sales nthe no evidence technology that it can rally ead to higher marks for students, This article was well written and the author used factual and credible sources to help support his viewpoint. ‘The anil “Smanphones wil Bnei lsrom ering actully has more opinionated vow than facta ew like he ther article nhs ates abou how suriphones ran nepal othe ture of ection ad ean, Eventhough there are some people that don't agree with smartphones benefiting classroom learningthey can agree with him Saying that smartphones area game changer othe elaseoom, : Le dy i lg th ad ll nce = 2 oe ul omay tite denon angeles set eineniedpoederteata tah wt traditional classroom learning, He compared i to how adults have to bring theirlaptops | pil snd ih hn veer eng ale han the easy ofa Z smartphones are smal and it also complements their size and makes it easier for them to cary it round, Inthe article als state the problems people have with smartphones in classroom learning, the problem isthe perception. The sereens and keyboards on them are to0 small, he also stats that the ther problem with them is tat it causes cheating and Eis 2 points that I can agree with and I feel lke he backed up those points well. From this ticle [still telieve that smartphones do not benefit classroom learning but has some positives to it-The authors ofthis atc supports their viewpoint strongly with opinions Rownat af tne Gocihves You Ke? Add Mu ahcle and doesnot use factual information 10 support their arguments SHH, ures or tu Arthur Vawwe WORKS CITED ‘Smartphones 00 Not Benefit Classroom Learning” Smartphones. Ea, Roman Espejo. Dect CGreenhaven Fess, 2013. Opposing Viewpoints. Fp. rom "Don Give Students More Tools of Mass Distraction Maclean's (28 Sept 2010). Opposing Viewpoints n Context. Web 8 Ser 2014iN Zane. Reynois Ms, Douglas English 112-79 toms Annotated Bibliography Impact ofthe internet on thnking-CQ Researcher, 2013, Web by Alan Crea > ‘The etcle by Greenbat adresses several ways the internet impacts our thinking. I “Talks about th background of technology and how it was used, He restated a dialogue from Plato (Ptaedrs) complained thatthe written word and books are hampering memory. Instead of remembering things for themselves people had begun tustng writen characters, In overview technology has been making major changes in communication of technology and thought in ancient Greece. Even back then People worried about what the latest technology was doing o their minds, He also used alot of dialogue from book writer Nicholes Carr, he restates fom Cart, thatthe internet makes it harder to remember anything thatthe influx of completing messages interferes withthe physical mechanics of the brain that move information ito longterm memory. Greenblatt also asserted 2008 Aitanie article fe gangle malting us enipid? Care says the intemet is an unmatched tool {oo communications and information but argues that it can have bad effets on our Brains. ww at {1° this atile wont into depth of alt of ways the internet changes the way we think and it hy yh provides a loof different people ftom different aspects in Iles thoughts ancl written ‘work on this subject. It was a very long article so I wasn’t able to use a lot of information from itbut Look from it the best examples and dataMin controls isthe internet changing the way we think by; Mattford for CNN Sept 17, 2010.Web “This article talks about how they interviewed Nicholas Carr and his aspects of how the Jmeret can change the way we think. Me fees ike the internet is an information overload, He provided personal situations where he found his brain being ony able to depend on the internet to think. He states" | was only abe to sust ry concentration for ‘a poge or two. My mind would begin to rave stimulation and distraction: it wanted to click on links, jump rom page to page, check emails and do some googling. Baroness Gventield, the oxford university researcher says the ees of too much time infront of a computer as ind change. Car goes ito further detailing of his analysis stating “so as “with cartier inellectal technologies the net strengthens certain funtions but weakens ‘others nthe rile care was aske should we be worried. He responded it depends on hat you value as a human mind, This article gave mea lot of insight of how the intemet effects our mind and information for me to dwell upon from Nicholas Carr the author of Is the internet changing the way The effects ofthe intemet use intensity on quality of life, anxiety and depression scores in pediatric migraine Ebsco host 2014,Web This article is comparing the quality of life, anxiety and depression scores of school children and adolescents with migraines with healthy subject according to thei internetuse, The study was performed on 142 children and adolescents aged (9-17 yeas) who ta ben in the pediatric neurology department with headache and migraine problem. “The subjects were divided nto 3 groups of aeconting thei intemet use, Group2= ‘occasional inemet users, proup2 regular internet users and group 3 heavy internet users. ‘The sta al analysis was performed with PASW statistics v 13.0, The results were for the children under 12 years old with migraines were litle signs ofthe internet causing the ‘migraines but forthe adolescent group the scores were much higher. In conclusion the risus ofthe internet in adolescents with migraine led to emotional and physieal impairment permanently. ‘This article wes very informing and provided statistical analysis on this subject It ave clear information ofthe whole analysis and the effet it had on children and adolescents already with mental issues and who use the internet alot to soe if intemet use was causing the problems, I wasa very good ancl, Fear of the internet to young brains unfounded- May 22 Besohost by Hannah Devin, Wels Inthis article it talks about how there is no evidence that moderate internet use has negative effec onthe teenage brain. The latest scientific review challenging arguments ‘made by prominent commenters that teenagers isk permanently damaging thee bran by ‘being on the internet oo much. Kathryn Mills «neuroscientist who led the researc said she found no evidence ofthe ntemetinvalving problem behavior. She states if we want {o know how this highly connected world is impacting our brains we will need to conductZhane. 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It could change the way we think forthe ba or forthe beste but it ean indeed! do something to our brains that «an better the fature depending on how we respond witht Fit had not been forthe intemet our brains wouldn't experience to the intellectual vast mades of thinking that it gives us, The internet does not change the way we think but, we as people can decide if we want i to change the way seins, elke heel qusion noth ere song sin bo whats ‘we going to do withthe information it gives us? Are we going tus it 10 i the ‘way we live oF use it negatively? A thought provoking and intellectually courageous account of how the: &e intemet is changing the way we think now and how the future generations will “us * think Few works could be more important” (Wolf, 1) oy Wag % Works Cited Carr, Nicholas. The shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brain WW. Norton & company 2011.PRINT. Hannah Devin: Fear of the internet risk to young brains unfounded, Ebscohost article May 22,2014. ~ the Quote is from :Kathrynn Mills,Cee Tinane, Reynolds ‘Mrs. Douglas Lanois Round Table Essiy The intemet, one of the mest intriguing programs to operate on Americas most suecessfl technologies ever made (“the computer”)/As we know everyboxly uses the worldwide ‘web to assess diffrent things like shopping, p ing thei bills, play games, to do academic ‘esearch and the best oft allo use their social media sites, The internet has become peoples all: purpose medium around the world as book writes Nicholas Care would pat i¢the Conduit for ‘most information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind” (Nichols Carr, “What the internet is doing 10 our beans” 6).We get on the internet and browse through al types of| information daily not knowing wiat it actually doing to our brains like i it negatively influencing and rearranging the way it works ors ito is it having no effect on our brains at all? pace? eof Salos, : OE or my fis voie Ihave chosen Nicholas Carte writer of Wha the intenets doing to ‘our brains. 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Inher artile she talks about how there is no evidence in proving that the moderate use of the intemet has no negative effeets on teenagers. Inthe article she uses alot (of Sciemttic esearch from scientists and actual studies on this particular subject, The ncuroscientist she uses who conducted the research states that “if we want to know how highly ‘conned th iret is impacting ou brains we will ned to investigate brain measures and their relationship to behavior, cognition and wellbeing in a representative sample ofthe population’ (Mils, 1). 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Reynolds Mrs. Douglas nis2014 Round Table Esssy The intemet’, one of the most intriguing programs to operate on Americas most successful technologies ever made (‘the computer") As we know everybody’ ses the worldwide ‘web to assess ferent things like shopping, paying their bills, play games, to do academic research and thebestof ital, to use thir social media sites. The internet has become peoples ll purpose medium around the world or in other words as book waiter Nicholas Carr would putt the Conduit for ros information that ows through my eyes and ears and into my rind" (Nicholas Carr, The Shallows “What the internets doing to our brains”6). We get on the internet and browse through all types of information daily not Knowing what its actually doing t9 our brains like ist negatively infuencing and arranging the way it works ors it ors it having no effect on our rains at all? For my fist voice Thave chasen Nicholas Carr the writer of “What the interet is dang to ur brains’. 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Are we going to seit to positively shape the ‘way we live of use it negatively? “A thought provoking and intellectually courageous account of how the medium of the inteet is changing the way we think now and how the future generations will or will not think. Few works could be more important” (Wolf, 1) Works Cited Carr, Nickola ‘The shallows, What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains: New York, WW, Norton & company 2011.PRINT. Hannal Devin: Fear ofthe internet risk to young brains unfounded, Ebscohast article May 22,2014,