The Effect of Technology on Developing Children
Technology and its Effect on Developing Children
Eng 2910 – Technical Writing
Section 03
Mrs. Sumaya Samarasinghe
Dilisha Amarasekera (2704)
26th April 2014
Spring 2014
Introduction
A woman is in labor in a high tech hospital and she is surrounded by numerous machines monitoring her health. A man is holding a tablet-pc recording the special moment of his wife giving birth. Suddenly, a hand appears from the mother’s birth canal. Then a head. The hand reaches for the man’s tablet-pc. The baby browses through the internet for baby delivery procedure. He reaches for a pair of scissors and then cuts off the umbilical cord. He gets dressed, reaches for the nurse’s smart phone and takes a picture with her and edits it. The baby then jumps off the bed and crawls to a fallen laptop. At the laptop, he logs onto a site and broadcasts himself. He then gets up, takes a picture of the unconscious surgeon through the phone and tags the location. The baby uses the Global Positioning System to walk out of the theater and the hospital.
This was an Indian advertisement that was recently shown on the cable network. The slogan said “Born for the Internet”. This is an over exaggerated phenomenon of a birthing process in the future. It shows how intelligent children will be in the future and how important technology will be for this development. Nowadays, children spend an excessive amounts of time using modern technology, particularly social networking websites and cellphone text messaging on a regular basis. Online, children and teenagers can have hundreds of friends without having to leave their home or open their mouths. The potential of mobile technology as an educational tool is also steadily growing. But, on the other hand, it can also effect on the formation of basic social skills, family bonding and especially empathy for others. This paper will further discuss the positive and negative effects of technology on developing children and how it will impact on the
Eng 2910 – Technical Writing
Section 03
Mrs. Sumaya Samarasinghe
Dilisha Amarasekera (2704)
26th April 2014
Spring 2014
Introduction
A woman is in labor in a high tech hospital and she is surrounded by numerous machines monitoring her health. A man is holding a tablet-pc recording the special moment of his wife giving birth. Suddenly, a hand appears from the mother’s birth canal. Then a head. The hand reaches for the man’s tablet-pc. The baby browses through the internet for baby delivery procedure. He reaches for a pair of scissors and then cuts off the umbilical cord. He gets dressed, reaches for the nurse’s smart phone and takes a picture with her and edits it. The baby then jumps off the bed and crawls to a fallen laptop. At the laptop, he logs onto a site and broadcasts himself. He then gets up, takes a picture of the unconscious surgeon through the phone and tags the location. The baby uses the Global Positioning System to walk out of the theater and the hospital.
This was an Indian advertisement that was recently shown on the cable network. The slogan said “Born for the Internet”. This is an over exaggerated phenomenon of a birthing process in the future. It shows how intelligent children will be in the future and how important technology will be for this development. Nowadays, children spend an excessive amounts of time using modern technology, particularly social networking websites and cellphone text messaging on a regular basis. Online, children and teenagers can have hundreds of friends without having to leave their home or open their mouths. The potential of mobile technology as an educational tool is also steadily growing. But, on the other hand, it can also effect on the formation of basic social skills, family bonding and especially empathy for others. This paper will further discuss the positive and negative effects of technology on developing children and how it will impact on the
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