NYC Kids Spend Too Much Time on Electronics!
By: Mrs. Ruggieri
The Introduction:
The average young American now spends practically every waking minute except for the time in school using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with such devices, compared with less than six and a half hours five years ago, when the study was last conducted.http://kff.org/other/event/generation-m2-media-in-the-lives-of/ If you had to guess, how much time do you play with your electronic devices each day? A more important question would be “Do your parents limit the amount of time you spend on electronics in your home”? In my home there is a one hour rule. After homework is done and dinner is over my children get one hour of time to spend playing, youtubing, facetiming, or gaming. After that everything is turned off. My children think that it is so unfair. The problem is if I don’t enforce this rule they will vegetate in front of an electronic device for hours. Does this sound familiar to any of you? Well, today I’m going to show you why parents monitor their children’s usage.
I will show you interviews of people who work in the computer industry, and limit technology in their own homes. You will read an article featuring a founder of twitter, and a chief executive at Apple who share their feelings on this topic. You will collaborate with your classmates to solve the problem of kids spending too much time with technology.
Task:
Use the six steps of PPA (Public Policy Analysis) to solve the issue of NYC kids spending too much time on electronics. In groups of four you will brainstorm ideas by:
· Creating a power point presentation
· Illustrate a comic strip on a poster
· Write/perform a skit on the topic and possible solutions
The 6 Steps of the Public Policy Analyst (PPA)
· step 1
· step 2
· step 3
· step 4
· step 5
· step 6
The Process:
You will be set up in groups of four. Each group will be given a link for two different articles to base your responses on. You will need to read the article, discuss what you think about it, and decide how you will inform others about what you learned. This will be done through one of the options listed above. The links for the six steps of the PPA have been provided for you. When brainstorming ideas please keep an open mind and be respectful of your group members when they are sharing out their ideas. The resources for this project are The New York Times article 1, and article 2 from nprEd. One representative from each group should print out the articles from the links provided at one of the back computers. As well as a copy of the rubric provided below.
The Conclusion:
By the end of this project you should be able to identify some negative effects of too much technology. You worked together to create and present a project that will help solve this problem. Hopefully you will have a better understanding of why your parents are monitoring your technology usage.
Common Core State Standards:
Resources:
· http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/fashion/steve-jobs-apple-was-a-low-tech-parent.html
· http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/28/343735856/kids-and-screen-time-what-does-the-research-say
· http://www.corestandards.org/ELALiteracy/
· https://www.cmu.edu/teaching/assessment/examples/courselevel-bycollege/hss/tools/jeria.pdf
· http://kff.org/other/event/generation-m2-media-in-the-lives-of/