The title of this article is Does the Internet Make You Smarter? It is written by Clay Shirky. The article is written in the Wall Street Journal. This journal entry is written to people who are used to the old routines of past and think that the internet is going to make the new generation stupid. This is also written to the new generation that is supposedly going to be so stupid‚ as a challenge to doing something great with the opportunity we have been given with this newfound technology. This journal
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Does Music Make You Smarter? Rameka Sahadeo University of Missouri-Kansas City American music education is at a turning point in its history‚ and poised for a modern renaissance. After decades of budgetary neglect as an "elective‚" music is reasserting itself thanks to a growing body of scientific data that shows how vital it is to a student’s success in all academic areas. Research is showing that music isn’t only a social trend; it also has a biological and neurological basis. It is said that
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question that comes to mind‚ but is it ever really thought about? Does television make people smarter? According to Steven Johnson’s “watching TV makes you smarter” he states‚ “The relationship between the explicit violence and the post 9/11 terrorist attack anxiety is not the only element of 24 that would have been unthinkable on prime time network twenty years ago”(278). Personally I don’t believe that television makes you gain knowledge. I have never heard of anyone stating that until now. All my life
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Does The Internet Make You Smarter? Brentney Davis Ivy Tech Community College Cover Letter Dear Professor Downton: In my peer responses‚ I noticed a lot of the students said I didn’t have the questions I proposed answered for them so I went back and included that into my final draft. I also made sure to state the article in the introduction that I am summarizing and responding to. Problems I encountered while revising my draft were the compatibility of the computer I was using with the Microsoft
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to ever be created‚ or is it? I cannot imagine life without a TV. Television provides information and entertainment. Nowadays almost all people have their TV at home. Ever since I read Dana Stevens article‚ I’ve learned that television does more harm than good to people’s lives. TV can be comforting but it can get addicting. It teaches children to sit and watch adventure TV shows than actually doing it. Society thinks that watching TV is okay but in my opinion it’s not it can teach children bad things
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common knowledge that TV has negative effects on the brain and reduces its capacity to think. Many would argue against it‚ by saying that it opens up a whole new world to you. However‚ the truth remains that adverse effects of television eclipse any kind of positive effect it might bring. Negative Effects of Television on the Brain Addiction to Audio-Visual The first and foremost unwanted effect of television is‚ addiction. A viewer enters a hypnotic state while watching TV for a long time. This
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Draft Watching TV- Is good for you? While it may be disliked by parents‚ friends or you neighbors in your town‚ TV industry is a permanent part of our world. In the history of TV‚ it began in 1873. It can help people in several ways while they are watching. Watching TV is an excellent way to relieve stress. When you spend about 10 to 20 minutes a day watching TV‚ you will experience and learn new things. However‚ watching TV is more interesting and educating people while they are watching movies
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Video Games Discussion: Visuals/Narrator’s position The narrator provided a variety of different visuals on the specific topic of “Do video games make you smarter? With a few visuals that were along the lines of mental and visual‚ one showing the increase in cognitive functioning of the brain; associated with memory‚ strategic planning‚ and fine motor skills‚ video games have shown to have a positive effect on education. Along the lines of effectiveness‚ they’re designed as teaching tools
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Children are spending way to much time watching television instead of going outside and running in the sun or playing with their friends. So T.V is a bad hobby being introduced to small children that later on that will be their weakness when trying to study or do homework. It will soon hit them as an obstacle and they will eventually start getting bad grades‚ becoming violent and rude‚ and maybe even dropping out of school. Violent kids‚ talking bad‚ rude‚ flunkers‚ ect. Those are all examples
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time to sit down and watch over what their kids are watching‚ and in result of that kids are watching whatever they want whenever they want. Children may be able to watch many shows that are out of their age range such as; PG-13‚ R-18‚ or even rated X shows. Watching television is bad for children because‚ violence in television causes aggression‚ may cause trauma‚ and children need to be more active. Children are like mockingbirds‚ anything you say or do‚ they will do the same‚ not because they
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