Screen Technology's Positive Impacts On Cognitive Development
Impacts on Cognitive development
Despite all the positive impacts of screen technology, it lowers the cognitive development by causing loss of concentration, decrease in attentions spans, poor personal communication skills, and inability to think abstractly (Greenfield 2013). Some kids are being overexposed to the screen technology; they don't do anything else apart from playing computer games or watching TV. Eventually, these children develop attention problems. Being attentive is vital it helps in the understanding of both education and life matters, which are important to a developing kid. Whether being engaged in the educational programs or entertainments, parents should set up appropriate control as well as supervision. Every parent should aim at deriving benefits from …show more content…
Furthermore, it raises some verbal skills deficient engaging in technology doesn’t require any engagement or speaking to other people. Therefore with the written tests, kids can recognize the correct answer however they may not be able to write the right answer. Through the computers, the correct answers can be easily derived since the Internet has become the source of everything, it just requires the student to type the question, and the computer will automatically give the answer. Nevertheless, this has made the students reluctant of developing their cognitive skills, which allow them to get answers on their own. These children are at risk since they don't have any concluding and analyzing skills, which are important in life. Unlike in the past, many children today depend on technology for their play, studies and much more; this creates a cognitive overload, where the neural circuits utilized for reading and thinking deeply are discounted (Small cited in Carr 2010). Limiting the boundaries of their creativity as well as imagination, since everything has been provided for them. Also, they define appropriate challenges for their bodies, which help in optimal
Despite all the positive impacts of screen technology, it lowers the cognitive development by causing loss of concentration, decrease in attentions spans, poor personal communication skills, and inability to think abstractly (Greenfield 2013). Some kids are being overexposed to the screen technology; they don't do anything else apart from playing computer games or watching TV. Eventually, these children develop attention problems. Being attentive is vital it helps in the understanding of both education and life matters, which are important to a developing kid. Whether being engaged in the educational programs or entertainments, parents should set up appropriate control as well as supervision. Every parent should aim at deriving benefits from …show more content…
Furthermore, it raises some verbal skills deficient engaging in technology doesn’t require any engagement or speaking to other people. Therefore with the written tests, kids can recognize the correct answer however they may not be able to write the right answer. Through the computers, the correct answers can be easily derived since the Internet has become the source of everything, it just requires the student to type the question, and the computer will automatically give the answer. Nevertheless, this has made the students reluctant of developing their cognitive skills, which allow them to get answers on their own. These children are at risk since they don't have any concluding and analyzing skills, which are important in life. Unlike in the past, many children today depend on technology for their play, studies and much more; this creates a cognitive overload, where the neural circuits utilized for reading and thinking deeply are discounted (Small cited in Carr 2010). Limiting the boundaries of their creativity as well as imagination, since everything has been provided for them. Also, they define appropriate challenges for their bodies, which help in optimal