Essays
Six grade girls have worked in English class with their teacher Diana Camargo in some essays. Here we give you three writings of these amazing writings answering the question; Should Children Be Allowed To Use Electronic Devices On School Nights? Amazing perspectives of this Junior Scoopers! Enjoy!
"The New Use of Technology since the Pandemic"
Maria Camila Segovia -6a
“It's not that we use technology, we live technology,” said Reggio. As you may notice, technology is all around us, in all we use and in all we do. It's in our kitchen, in our bedroom, and sometimes even inside us! Technology has marked our world, and it has brought many benefits in our daily lives. But, as everything in excess, it has also had negative effects on children that use technology excessively on school nights for multiple reasons. In my opinion, children should use technology and electronic devices on school nights, but this requires that they use them only after doing their responsibilities, setting time limits for the usage of these devices, or just for their knowledge and their desire to learn.
Responsibilities are first and foremost when using technology. As every person in the world, children have responsibilities too, both academically and in our houses, so before using electronic devices we must fulfill all of our duties involving both aspects. Academic duties include doing your homework and studying for next day´s lesson, which can help you to obtain a better comprehension of the subjects seen at school and to learn quicker and better what you are studying in each one of your classes. Duties in your house include doing your corresponding house chores and keeping your house neat, clean and organized; therefore, you can accomplish all your commitments and use technology for anything you need and, at the same time, you can avoid a heavy scolding from your mother!
Technology also requires limits. “Time is gold” is a common saying our parents tell us frequently, and as you may notice, setting time limits is necessary in the use of technology. As a personal point of view, children should use electronic devices for only 1 hour a day, 2 days a week; indeed, these time limits can help children do their corresponding responsibilities before using technology, spend their free time doing other activities, and help their brain rest from any electronic device that may disturb it. But even though it is allowed to use electronic devices, children should stop using them at least 1 hour before going to bed; thus, children can rest and sleep better and they can wake up with more energy and a better disposition to start the day. By setting time limits you can use electronic devices without altering your academic process and sleep schedule. In the end, what is better to be a super genius and sleep as good as a grown up koala?
Finally, the last way you can use technology is for learning something. Education is one of the best purposes technology is used for. In less than 2 hours you can use your computer to do homework, your ipad to read engrossing articles, or the TV to learn about Ancient Greek! Electronic devices may be seen as something negative that may alter children's education, but if we think of it more clearly, without the use of technology children couldn’t learn the same way they do. If technology wasn’t involved in education, teachers wouldn't have the same tools that make learning better and faster, and children would have to study the same way our parents and grandparents did, making learning more difficult and boring. But just imagine education without technology! Thanks to it we can still study during harsh situations happening in our country, thanks to it we can learn through interactive activities that make learning awesome, and thanks to it we can prepare children for the future world, a world full of technology on every corner. Education without technology is like Shrek without his swamp. Both would go freaking out!
As a conclusion, technology is an essential part in children's lives for the multiple benefits it has on their education and in other general aspects. And for all children in the world, dream big, live well, and love technology!
"The New Use of Technology since the Pandemic"
Sylvana Garcia- 6A
Nowadays children use electronics quite a lot, but people divide whether they should use them on school nights. Maybe you want to use them, but don’t know how to without getting distracted or stop being responsible; well, you are in the correct place. In my opinion, we should let children use electronic devices on school nights and can be used for school, socializing, and having fun, but also being productive. Children will be more productive, pass time with family and friends, have a good time with or without electronics, yet they could be using electronics in a bad way, in secret, act as they need them for something important, or lie for using them.
The worldwide crisis for the pandemic has affected the use of technology in the new generations. Especially in their education because most of them have to take virtual classes or activities the teachers send to continue with their learning. This has good and bad effects on children. Some positive effects are that they continue their learning and now know how to use technology; the bad effects are that due to this situation, children’s mental state has been affected; some are stuck to technology all day to do activities or because it has become part of the normal day. On school nights, they may spend all the time trying to finish activities on the computers or tablets.
Socializing is an important thing for children because the good friendships they make are gonna last forever. They can socialize by writing to each other or doing facetime calls, but sometimes they are so into the conversation that they don’t take care of the time and stay up late talking to a friend. I’m trying to point out that they can have fun, but also control the time. They can learn about something new through documents or articles like gossip or news; this will help because they can find ways around the world and the history.
Finally, they could have fun with electronics!! They could play games on their tablets, or read a virtual book, or have a talk with a friend. They could entertain themselves with a lot of things they love, but not only virtually because they have to let their brain rest. They can play games outside, play board games, talk to the people that are around them, and more things that will help them be more productive and have fun at the same time.
Children are using electronics more than before for many reasons like attending school, the need of socializing, and having fun. Electronic devices can have good effects or bad effects depending on how we use them.