the modern trends of technology nowadays‚ children are prone to harmful effects that gadgetry brings. About 60 to 70% of kids around the world ages 10-17 years old are hooked up to cellular phones. They spend up to 5 or more hours calling‚ sending texts or just playing. Ma. Sheila Escuro(2009) says that‚ “Usage of this gadget can be controllable. Its up to the parents to teach their child to be responsible on their mobile phones‚ to ask them to pay-up when their mobile runs out of money. Or
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Alexea Maria Negrete Monday Jan 7‚ 2013 College English Academic Essay How technology affects life today Some say technology is taking over and that products are beginning to become eye candy. Learning how to use a computer is just like learning how to ride a bike. Once you learn how to peddle‚ balance‚ and slow down‚ the rest is as simple eating a piece of cake. It’s something that just about everyone is capable of accomplishing‚ and it is also completely necessary
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TITLE: Why Banning the Use of Cell Phones While Driving Should Be Mandatory Nationwide? A. General Purpose: Persuade B. Specific Purpose: Persuade my audience that banning the use of cell phones while driving should be mandatory nationwide. C. Central idea: Cell phones have reached extreme levels of popularity in the U.S. Everywhere you go‚ you can see people talking‚ texting‚ playing games or surfing on the Internet on their smart phones. But these devices become very dangerous when we are behind
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Development with SMS Chris Wallace Information Systems School Faculty of Computing‚ Engineering and Mathematical Sciences University of the West of England Frenchay‚ Bristol BS16 1QY chris.wallace@uwe.ac.uk Abstract ‘Texting’ or SMS mobile phone messaging is rapidly increasing in business and community use. This paper discusses the inclusion of SMS technology in the teaching of Information Systems Development. It is argued that SMS has advantages in terms of simplicity of development‚ encouragement
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decided to text her mother‚ distracting her from the road ahead. Instead of hitting the send button‚ Brittany’s life hit the end button‚ as she drove off an embankment‚ went airborne‚ and smashed into a utility pole (Friedman‚ pars. 2-4). Stories like Brittany’s raise questions over whether or not texting while driving should be banned. Nowadays it is growing exceedingly common to see drivers using the texting application while maneuvering their vehicle. To end the use of text messaging while operating
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the road and therefore have to always be on the look out for every thing that is moving around you‚ on the other hand texting is so popular in our times that it is being combined with driving. Deadly combinations as you have already seen. Teens can text a mile a minute‚ and most are aware of its dangers. All the more adults are also guilty of doing this. In a survey done by www.consumerreports.org they state‚ “Secretary of Transportation‚ Ray LaHood has called distracted driving a deadly epidemic
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of life. Language is no exception. Some language researchers argue that written language is deteriorating due to the increase usage of electronic communication. The present study investigated 50 mobile phone users selected randomly using Short Messaging Service (SMS) as one of their daily communication tools with the purpose to find out whether SMS language will cause written language deterioration in Malaysia. SMS language is defined as using abbreviations‚ newly created words‚ code-switching
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Black letters flash across the screen‚ launching an attack of rumors and insults. A text‚ a Facebook wall post‚ a Tweet is all it takes to wound someone’s feelings‚ to bring tears‚ and to ruin a friendship. With the explosion of modern technology‚ old-school bullying is out and a new type of bullying is taking the stage. But this bullying is not just like stuffing someone in a locker or putting their heads in the toilet with no wounds/bruises or bloody noses as evidence of abuse‚ cyber-bullying
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Rosa Chavez December 3rd 2012 English Dr. L. Bongiovanni Texting Research paper As technology advanced‚ text messaging was designed as a quick and quirky way to speak to one another without actually speaking. Text messaging has become very popular in recent years‚ especially amongst teenagers and young adults but the outcome of this advancement is not all positive. Although texting makes communication faster and easier there are many problems that derive from texting alone. Texting and
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that texting and driving is more dangerous than drinking and driving. He also believes that if people learn to balance the amount of time they spend on phones and computers‚ this will no longer be a major issue. 3. Powell‚ Dean. “Does SMS Text Messaging Help or Harm Adults’ Knowledge of Standard Spelling?” Journal of Computer Assisted Learning‚ Feb.2011. Vol.27‚ Issue 1‚ pg.58-66‚ 9p This article is about how texting affects the overall knowledge of young children and adults. Powell believes
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