1. One reason why parental support for their children’s independent internet use is decreasing is because parents are starting to realize just how easy it is for their child to access things on the internet that they shouldn't be looking at. Another reason why parental support is going down for their children’s independent internet use is because the children are spending so much time on the internet and they’re not spending time interacting face to face with family and friends. I think the number of parents who reported the internet being a good thing for their child has decreased is because parents are staring to realize the severity and widespread problem of cyberbullying. I also believe that more parents are saying the internet is not good for their kid because they believe it is damaging the kid’s ability to properly communicate with one another and that they may sometimes post stuff that they don't realize could hurt them down the road. Lastly, I believe parents are beginning to realize that the stuff that is posted online by their children can possibly stop them from getting a job later on in life.
2. One way we as educators can stop students from using material they found online as their own work is by doing what they did in the program and use plagiarism-detection sites and make them do their writing assignments in class. Another way we can prevent this problem is by properly teaching them how to cite the work they found online so it does not become plagiarism and proper credit is given. In my opinion, it is cheating if a student uses the material they found online and tries to pass it off as their own work without properly citing it or giving credit to the person who originally came up with the idea. I consider this cheating because they are just using someone else’s work and aren't doing any work on their own. When a student uses the work they found online and passes it off as their own they are essentially looking at another students test or paper and copying it and that too is considered cheating.
3. For the student who said that he never reads books and instead reads summaries and annotated notes online I do and do not feel like he should feel guilty. I believe he should feel guilty for not completing his assignment fully because he isn't reading the entire assignment. I also think he should feel guilty for taking the easy way out and selling himself short and not giving his best effort. I also feel like he should feel guilty for not giving his best and full effort toward the assignment. On the other hand I can understand where he is coming from though because by reading those summaries and annotated notes he can complete roughly three hours worth of work in one hour or so.
4. In my opinion, people who become “famous” through their online presence should not be considered celebrities. I don't think they should be celebrated or be given special treatment just because they have a cool online profile. I definitely think that the ability to create an online persona has affected our cultural values. People nowadays are judging themselves and others based on likes and page views. We now as a society try our best to make it seem like our life is great trough online posts when in reality the life we live may not be that great.
5. One story that shows how being online has affected a young person is the story of Shania Sechrist. She was a 15 year old girl who hanged herself in her home because she was constantly getting cyberbullied. She had try to warn her father that the cyberbullying was getting extreme and out of hand but it became so much that she took her own life. She is not the first teen to do this and likely won’t be the last. This is just another sad story about the negatives of being online. http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2016/05/27/father-bullying-cut-daughters-life-short/85055224/
6. When the girl talks about fake flirting with guys online and says, ”You wouldn’t do that to someone’s face, but online is completely different. ... No one can do anything. You’re at your house, they’re at their house.” I believe she is describing the online disinhibition effect of “It’s just a game (dissociative imagination). This is where people “split or ‘dissociate’ online fiction from offline fact” and that is exactly what the girl in the program is doing. She is doing something that is seen as okay online but knows that it is something she could never do in real life. Once she is online she is dissociating norms and behaviors that we have offline in real life.
7. There have been times where I have thought about “disconnecting” from all of my stuff online but I have never gone through with it. Personally, I don't think it would be that difficult for me. I believe this because even though I use social media I feel like I wouldn't miss out on much and would still be able to communicate with the people I need to communicate with. I feel like if I did disconnect I would have a lot more free time and more time to do things I enjoy and more time to get things done such as homework. I also feel like disconnecting would cut my distractions down. The things I would most enjoy about disconnecting would be having more free time, not having to worry about missing out on something online, and enjoying the world and life that is around me.
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