Computer effect - Dingjie
Disadvantages
Advantages
How have computers changed the way we live and work?
We'd be able to design 3d models digitally.
Games
How to protect ourselves from social media?
Communication
Social media
Benefits
Harms
We can write a letter online instead of physical ones.
Entertainment on the computer like:
Relationships affected by the use of computers
Watching any videos, clips or movies, no matter the content.
Making videos about any topics on social media.
Play online video games.
Typing is more convenient than writing.
Chat with your friends online.
Games
Learning about problem solving
Developing skills like control and reaction.
Processing time.
Work
Researching important information.
Drawing pictures and artwork online.
Modeling, crafting and sketching your design or ideas.
Write a document for business management.
Easier for students to work on assignments.
Creativity
Creating visual effects and visual arts from digital drawing and sketching.
Help people to experience new worlds from modeling in:
Games
Simulations
Films
War
Helps in missile and target guidance.
Tracking down enemies among the militaries surroundings.
The content may not be appropriate to everyone.
Spending to much time on the game.
Getting agitated when things didn't go your way in the game.
Imitating dangerous stunts from games.
Work
When work is huge, you will be looking at the computer for a long time which affects your eyes.
Sometimes it makes you lethargic.
Industry
Providing maps from satellites if you get lost.
Modeling different scenarios for the weather forecast.
Used for medical research
War
Taking the liberty in hacking into government sites and bank accounts.
Terrorist organization.
Weakening power structures of organizations.
Expressing your journey through posting streams and photos on social media.
Online communication
Online chat
Video calling/face timing
Giving political and honest opinions.
Getting interesting information from another country.
Announcing current events happening around the world.
Scam calls
Teaching you a lot of subjects like science, equations, healthcare, and more.
It affects a person's sleeping time.
Distraction
Some videos are giving false information and unrealistic videos to the viewers.
Fake rumors spreading rapidly.
Relying on information that is not true.
Set a time limit for yourself.
Make sure you check if the source is reliable.
Encourage face-to-face contact.
Force yourself to focus on one thing first before looking at other things in your own time.
Family
Career
Pets
Affects your social skills in the real world.
Creativity
The connection between humans and creativity or creative process will be taken away.
Virtual reality
Parents
Grandparents
Siblings
Siblings like to play games, so they will play computer games for fun, which breaks the connection between having fun as a family.
Parents can call their kids if there's a situation or if they want to keep in touch.
They can use our computers to chat with their family or face time them to have a conversation.
Workers
Teachers
Workers can use computers to send emails to their bosses or managers if they have something to tell them about work.
Teachers can email students if they are confused about what they need to do or any serious matter.
They can use computers to read the news to see current events and can be included in the conversation.
Owners don't care much about their pets because of spending too much time on the computer.
Owners can research how to play or have fun with their pets properly or research how to take care of pets properly.
Owners may take photos with their pets and post them on social media.
Sometimes they can use computers to play simple games when they have nothing much to do.
Parents chat with their friends online most of the time, which leaves their kids isolated and not talking to them.
They might watch videos that they feel interested in during their free time.
Workers tense to stay on the computer for too long because of large work, which can affect their sleeping and their health. It may affect their IQ.
Workers can have online meetings with other workers, managers, and boss.
Teachers can post assignments online for students to type their answers or their work.
Teachers can remind students of important things to do when they get back home through online chat or online classroom streams.
Teachers can also use computers to prepare or assign online assessments.
Romance
Dating can be done online and chatting with each other, but not physically or face-to-face.
They can use computers to research or look for a place to have a conversation or to have a date.
Prevent watching videos of movies that is not for your age or are not appropriate for you.
Monitor your teen's account.
Talk about social media.