Tech-A-Holic

=Essential Question:= toc How does technology affect you social skills?

Challenge:
Our challenge is to inform the public of the effects of technology from social networking to texting.

Guided Questions:

 * 1) How many hours do you spend everyday on a technological device?
 * 2) How many online friends do you have compared to those in real life?
 * 3) How often do you spend time with your friends in person?

Guided Activities:

 * 1) Survey
 * 2) Tech Lab [Expert]
 * 3) Use Internet Statistics

Guiding Resources:
Survey: Interview With Expert:

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Solution/Action:
Yes, your social skills are affected both positively and negatively by technology. While before all the social networking people had to go out and socialize in public. Now a days that is less common. Most sit at home and almost anonymously socialize with anyone in the world. Thus many more people have a fear of public speaking, even socializing in general with their classmates, friends and family. Unfortunately the anonymity of technology allows many of us to socialize too much and with out caution. At the same time people around the world can communicate and become friend, keep in touch and work. Before technology, people had to tightly packed cities, towns, areas with in walking distance to keep in contact. In PV especially students are exposed to technology and social networking, due to the daily use and distribution of computers. Even in class students have tricks and ways of communicating and keeping track of where each and everyone of their friends are. Forbidding students from doing otherwise is not only impossible its also unreasonable technology has become a daily part of our lives in society. Educating teens on the proper use of technology and teaching good habits from a young age is likely to increase the maturity as to how they will use that given technology. For example, teaching them how certain computer programs work from a young age and how one can use the computer for more than games and social networking.Most of all its crucial to remember that technology while convenient is not the same as real human contact, so leaving the computer, turning off your phone and going outside ever so often is a good way to maintain those person to person social skills.