How Children Use Ipads Analysis

The article “How much technology should you let your child use?” and the video clip “How children use iPads” are about technology. We will define technology as the use of computers, iPads, phones, smart boards etc. But technology is also a technical aid. We use technology a lot nowadays and the younger generation are “born” with the technology.

In this article and video clip we are introduced to children who are used to using technology. Many of the children he refers to are addicted to iPads etc. In many ways technology is a positive matter and children use iPads to learn more math and to be a better reader. “My granddaughter, who just turned a year old, loves math apps and paint Sparkles as well as trying to following the swimming fish on

The writer is appeals to pathos by using his own granddaughter because he includes himself in the article it appeals to our emotions and it’s easier to relate and understand his intention. But children aren’t using iPads just to learn more math or English they also use it to see videos and other fun stuff. It’s positive in some ways but in many other ways it’s also negative. The children will quickly get addicted to iPads and they will spend all of their free time on it. The children will go into a new world and they could easily forget the real world. The children can’t express themselves in the same way because they are addicted to iPads and other technology, their creativity will decline. The children will get admission to social medias, which isn’t just positive. The messages and pictures they send to each other can be more powerful than they are aware of. When they send a message they aren’t aware of how the other person will react. “You don’t have a sense of “context” that the recipient finds himself in nor do you have an understanding of how your message impacts that person”

In the article it’s clear that the social activities and socializing with other people is very important. “Studies over the past decade have concluded that a large number of adolescents and teens today are having difficulty identifying emotions in people...” (Page 1, line 25-26) The children need to find a certain balance between using technology and socializing. It could cause some trouble later on and as soon as possible we need to be aware of that. On the other hand children’s use of technology are helping children to see what other people are going through for example at social medias and by that they learn different cultures and new aspects of lifestyles . How much we should let children use technology is an individual matter and therefore you can’t tell what is more right or wrong. Technology is modern and has become a part of our lives, we need to accept it and instead of hiding away we need to work with