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proposal to bracket out his assumptions about the effects of technology.
I understand he has strong feelings guiding his choice of research
topics, but he needs to step outside that if he wants to inquire into
how people use technology.<br>
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Michael <br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>Meet Kevin. He's a
senior at Met West High School, where they do a senior thesis project.
Kevin is looking at the effects of the internet on young people, and
how to get them focused more productively.</div>
<div><br></div><div style="">If you'd like to be interviewed, let me
know - we can pick up a time to invite Kevin to the Sudo room and talk
to a few people at once.</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">I
know you have some opinions (and experience...) about this. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>Here's his proposal summary:</div><div><br></div><div>
<p class=""><span class="">My project idea is to help young people
become aware and know what the internet and technology are doing to the
planet and to our brains. Not only are young people, millennials,
wasting their time on the internet with social networking sties, but
they don’t gain anything educational and useful or for financial benefit
while on these sites. One thing they are losing is time on the internet
for social networking and not accomplishing work or homework with the
same effort and competence. We should care because it is controlling
people and just making them spend most of their time on the sites.
Recent studies show that technology is changing how our brain works;
reading, concentration, contemplation and our capacity, which are also
losing the full abilities of the human brain. Since we depend on
technology so much, I want to make people aware of how our brain is
being impacted and find different ways that we can minimize our loss. I
want to tell them that they should use their brain power and time on
something that will help them in the future so they do not lose both of
them during the same time at a young age. </span></p>
<div style="">--</div><div style=""><br></div><div style="">Cheers,</div><div
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