Growing Up Online

DID NOT surprise me.

1. Kids abuse the internet
2. Peoples lives are on their computer
3. Guys make gaming caves and will play for hours
4. Schools have updated and are using technology
5. Kids on their phones texting non-stop
6. The use of sparknotes.
7. Students will know how to use the internet a lot better than teachers or parents.
8. Plagiarism and use of online information was being used for papers. 
9. Cyberbullying.
10. Fights breaking out over things that happened on the internet.
11. conversations through the internet.
12. Information spreads quickly
13. Social networking completely changes the idea of safety.
14. The internet created a large generation gap.
15. People will meet others online, thinking they will be friends because of common interests.
16. Some people will have withdraws from technology.

DID surprise me and why.

1. Internet safety isn't very advanced. I thought it was widely taught and known.
2. How many people actually do video blogs and how weird they can be. Internet videos are spread and viewed all around the world so it is surprising knowing that people will actually put life details on their videos.
3. ADD and ADHD growth. All of these new things can distract kids.
4. There are websites to detect plagiarism. I didn't know how a paper can be found as plagiarism through a website.
5. People fake their lives through the internet. They'll write completely different things about them to change themselves.
6. Fake identity. Some will be a completely different person online.
7. Trouble from schools over things online. I didn't know principles had jurisdiction over students online lives.
8. Parents are afraid that their good kids are different online. Parents usually aren't that smart when it comes to the internet or even judging their kids.
9. Online predators. I didn't know how grave internet stalking could end up.
10. Parents are over cautious with the internet. I think parents should be cautious and give awareness, but not over exaggeration. 
11. The internet has boosted the thoughts of things such as anorexia.
12. People will be stupid enough to video an illegal think like under age drinking.
13. There is a website that can teach a person how to commit suicide.
14. People can influence and help you decide to commit suicide through the internet.
15. Cheating has been linked to the internet. The internet gives fast information that can be used at a moments notice when kids need it.

Changed about technology since this video.

1. Facebook has had many updates.
2. people still use myspace.
3. Cell phones have updated
4. ipods were really thick then.
5. Youtube changed
6. Internet stalking
7. kids then were very closed and private with their status'.
8. Kids have been solicited to sexual things.
9. Laptops
10. Games have advanced in graphics and overall play.
11. chat rooms
12. People used desktops more often then the use of laptops
13. schools have updated their computers
14. Apple is a leading technology company
15. Softwares have updated
16. Using the internet to help with homework and papers is recommended instead of considered cheating.

Technology Paragraph

      I think the section over technology abuse and over using technological items interested me the most. It was very true and many people are connected to the internet without even noticing. Some people can keep going for days on the internet. Internet addiction is actually very serious and people can have major withdrawls. Being without a device after being submerged into all of these types of things can really mess a person up.


     I sometimes will be attached to my phone or my xbox for hours on end without even thinking of being over attached. I think the best part of being online is staying connected. You can identify yourself with friends and news and entertain yourself. Also, you can message each other through the internet. Staying up to date with news is a key part of my life and all the new tools I can use for school are important.


     I think that parents should monitor the things that their kid does, but not to a severity. Such as being friends on facebook and monitoring how much they use the internet and phones, but having a password and reading their texts are an abuse of personal space. Some parents take it too far and will be way too aggressive. The perfect combination would be to check their life, yet don't intervene with their social life. Also, parents should trust their kids and inform them on the activities that happen online.