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Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Final: Part 2

Tell us about the side effects that your digital life is having on your real life, if any. Do you find yourself, for example, feeling left out or jealous of your friends’ activities when you look at Facebook? Are you having trouble remembering material when you interrupt your studying by checking in online? Do you or your parents ever worry about how much time you spend texting or on the Internet?

Like many other teens technology has a negative effect on my life. For example during my computer technology class i find my self busy playing games instead of doing my work. If im not playing games im checking the basketball games highlights, checking scores, or reading NFL articles. I often find myself logging into Facebook maybe 10-20 times a day just to see what people have been posting, such as new pictures, videos, statuses and so on. Technology can also be a distraction, like while doing homework im always texting, and never actually complete the task.
I never find myself jealous of others and the stuff that they post on Facebook. I may think to my self "i wish i could do that" but im never jealous. My parents aren't that concerned but they do monitor my time somedays i may get less time on the computer or the game than other days, and then some days they dont care, they just remind me that i have school in the morning.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Question of the Day

Do you think that technology has increased teenage depression and loneliness or does technology help to relieve depression and loneliness?

- I dont necessarily think that technology has increased depression but it only effects certain teenagers.