Children are being wired for life

The article, The Revenge of the Digital Immigrants, really caught my attention. This, like my last education blog, is about the progression of technology. This one, however, has a somewhat different angle. This article stated the facts about why children are losing their communication skills and why children have changed so much. This was a very persuasive article and I'm leaning towards their point of view. Children are becoming more tech-savvy and children are having a greater want for technology. Younger children are asking for iPhone's, computers, and game boys; when they should be asking for actual toys. I think that it is a bad thing because it is controlling their lives. These kids are piratically addicted to video games and TV shows. It is a good thing that technology is progressing, but we should use that technology to expand our knowledge and what not instead of using it for pure entertainment. Those games should be for dreary days when the weather isn't good enough to play outside. They are fun once in a while, but once it becomes a constant influence, it's a hard habit to shake. When young children constantly are playing intense video games, then they are wired for life to be frantic. This article had facts about how TV images change faster than our minds are used to, therefore adjusting our brains to be used to that. But when the TV is gone and things are moving at average speed, our brains can't focus because things are moving to slow. This goes to show that sometimes technology can be good, but sometimes technology has a bad influence