Writing a Thesis Statements in 3 Steps

Writing a Thesis Statements in 3 Steps

       1. Make the topic specific: Children

2     2.  Continue with a debatable phrase: Are being robbed by technology

3     3. Explain the significance: Proving immersion in technology is harmful

 Children’s social skills are being robbed by technology due to constant immersion in technology.

Show how socializing is affected in a paragraph

Show how attention spans are affected

Show how physical activity is affected

Shows how education is affected (Watch Digital on class blog)

Writing a Thesis Statements in 3 Steps

1.       Make the topic specific: Children

2.       Continue with a debatable phrase: Are being robbed by technology

3.       Explain the significance: Proving immersion in technology is harmful

 Children’s social skills are being robbed by technology due to constant immersion in technology.

Show how socializing is affected in childhood

Show how attention spans are affected                                                        

Show how physical activity is affected

Shows how education is affected (Watch Digital on class blog) Children who are heavy media users have poor grades.[F1] 

Introduction

According to a New York Times article in January of 2010, If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online, the average young American, ages 8-18, spends over 7 ½ hours a day using technology devices. (why) Many of them are multitasking with these technology devices packing in an astonishing average of 11 hours of media contact into those 7 1/2 hours.  Further, the authors of the study did not include the combined two hours of texting and talking on a cell phone because it’s not considered by them as media use. Subsequently, children’s social skills are being robbed by technology due to constant immersion in technology.  [F2] 

What is the topic? Beyond naming the paper, going general and going specific

Why is there a debate? Give two sides

Why should people care even if they are completely removed? Society issue

equaling 2 ½ hours of music, almost 5 hours of TV and movies, 3 hours of internet and video games, and just 38 minutes of traditional reading according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, which adds up to 75 hours a week.  

Sources

Children and Computers: New Technology. Old Concerns: This article from Princeton gives a historical context to studies done with children and technology. Talked about the harmful effects of TV and children. See note 47

Nicholas Carr, who argued in ''The Shallows'' that Web use practically causes brain damage, told PBS that technology is ''pushing even more distractions and interruptions on us'' and thus will never ''return to us our attention span.

Negative Effects of Technology on Children; http://www.personal.psu.edu/djw5068/assignment%205.html

If Your Kids Are Awake, They’re Probably Online http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html

Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds is the third in a series of large-scale, nationally representative surveys by the Foundation about young people’s media use.  The report is based on a survey conducted between October 2008 and May 2009 among a nationally representative sample of 2,002 3rd-12th grade students ages 8-18, including a self-selected subsample of 702 respondents who completed seven-day media use diaries, which were used to calculate multitasking proportions.

http://kff.org/other/event/generation-m2-media-in-the-lives-of/

"The Children of Cyberspace: Old Fogies by Their 20s - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/10/weekinreview/10stone.html?scp=1&sq=technology%20children&st=cse .

"If Your Kids Are Awake, Theyre Probably Online - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/20/education/20wired.html?scp=3&sq=tv%20obesity&st=cse .

"Kids and Electronics: New Study Shows Kids Spend More Than 7 Hours a Day With Electronics - ABC News." ABCNews.com - Breaking News, Politics, Online News, World News, Feature Stories, Celebrity Interviews and More - ABC News. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://abcnews.go.com/WN/kids-electronics-study-shows-kids-spend-hours-day/story?id=9616699 .

"Kids Eat Hefty Number of Calories While Watching TV." Stanford News. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2004/july7/med-tv-obesity-77.html .

"NACHRI & N.A.C.H. | Childhood Obesity Statistics and Facts." NACHRI & N.A.C.H. | HOME. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.childrenshospitals.net/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Site_Map3&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=49561 .

"Obesity and Overweight for Professionals: Childhood | DNPAO | CDC." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/childhood/index.html .

"Television." California State University, Northridge. Web. 21 Mar. 2010. http://www.csun.edu/science/health/docs/tv&health.html

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 [F1]Build these and come back to  Intro

 [F2]Save as a bridge or transition