Get off your phone

blog post #6:

We all know that feeling when we go “now i'm going to shut of my laptop/computer and got to sleep” and as soon as you get into bed we turn on your phone. It's not like we do much important stuff on it but without it we tend to feel helpless. With social media and electronic communication everywhere you look it's hard to stay out of the trend.

Social media has changed how we interact with each other and is usually a part of our daily lives. When it comes to friends you don't have to call them anymore you have a variety of thing, you can snapchat, facetime, and direct message them just to name a few. There are so many different ways to stay in touch with your friends. As for family like parents and grandparents, it helps you stay connected through many different platforms even when you're oceans apart, I know personally that it is a good/funny feeling to see you grandmother liking your instagram photo’s. Even teacher are learning to go with it, i remember that there was a time when a teacher saw you phone and it was confiscated but now teachers are using it as a means of teaching. For example edmodo, teachers can send a message directly to all their students directly informing them about assignments, trips and upcoming events. They can use it as a means of learning like this blogging unit, it still it school work, we are getting marked but it's over electronic communication.  

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These changes that are made through our everyday lives are altering our relationship, we sometimes tend to become less social in public or never really leave the house…. But there are also positive aspects. We can talk to people anywhere as long as we have Wi-Fi and we can send and show pictures to anyone we want within minutes.  

I believe that they should be incorporated into academic settings because almost everybody has access to it. But i think that i shouldn’t be misused. The generation now days are going out less and less and we are the only one at loss. Yes it is a good idea to make the text book and e-book so students don’t have to borrow others or take pictures of the questions or even lug the text book back and forth but i don't think that it should be used 24/7. Like maybe a photo essay instead of a powerpoint presentation? That would get us out side (but in the respectable weather, I'm not leaving the house during winter)

Schools are not the only ones using social media, businesses are also using social media as an advertising platform. Things like if you follow us we will give you a $5 coupon for the next time you shop at our store. These not only keep you posted on what is happening but helps the company bring in new customers.    

Some regulations that should be put in place should be things like not for personal use during school, banning certain sites (this has its setbacks but will help with doing work related things). I also think that there should be a certain limit, we have our phones and that's one thing but plus the computer for homework and not so much homework time is a lot of time.

Overall social media has its setbacks but there are always ups and downs with everything