The Effect Of The Use Of Gadgets For Children
In an age of highly modern at the moment, the development of technology continues to grow due to the development of technology will go according to the development of science were higher. Technology created to provide convenience to human life in performing daily activities and provide a positive value. The gadget is a device that is associated with the development of today's technology. Tablet and smartphone gadget is the most widely used today because of its small size, easy to carry everywhere so people think it is more practical. A few years ago gadgets just much in use by the businessman from the upper middle class. The reason they use the gadget is to facilitate their business. However, in contemporary times, the gadgets are not only used by businessmen, many teenagers and even children also have many uses gadgets. The gadget has attractive features offered and often make children familiar with it quickly.
the use of gadgets in children having positive and negative impacts are:
Positive Impact
Advances in technology are already being felt by almost all
levels of society. In fact, many children, especially at age 5 to 12 years at
most take advantage of these technological advances. And do not be surprised if
the positive impact of the impact of technological development for children
aged 5-12 years were given the nickname generation of multi-tasking. And here
are some things that have a positive impact on the advancement of technology on
children:
- Can not be denied if the child can not get away from technological advances, especially in information technology is increasingly rapidly. And this can make it easier for children to get information and ease to establish communication with distances.
- With the technological advances in the world of the Internet, children can recognize and communicate with many people from different parts of the world.
- As a result of technological advances, many games are creative and challenge that turned out much liked by children. And this is indirectly highly profitable for the children because it gives effect to the level of creativity of children.
- Increasing the concentration
- Increase knowledge of children through education impressions and application of knowledge, as a tool for refreshing and recreation
- Improving the learning abilities of children .However, the application was limited as a teaching tool for these applications usually only focus on one type of learning. The application does not teach skills and drills. They only teach children to correctly identify the letters, objects, colors and so forth. Children become more stimulated to visual and hearing more diverse.
- World like the palm of the hand. In addition to telephone, children who already have an interest in the use of gadgets can find anything with the help of search sites such as Google or Yahoo !. Children also possible to stay connected to social networks such as Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, and Kaskus
- Increase the knowledge of the computer to be able to enjoy the game in comfort and excellent image quality of a player online games will try to find information about the specifications of the computer and internet connection can be used to play the game. Because the active computer users usually they will also learn computer troubleshooting and overclocking.
Negative Impact
The negative side of the technology now is easily
hypnotized, so that not a few who liked the virtual world and forget about the
real world. And it is also impinge on children, especially in children aged 5
to 12 years. And here are some other negative impacts:
- tend to want results fast-paced, all-instant, and easy-paced, impatient, and do not appreciate the process.
- Children become lazy, because all the information is available in a hand grip, so the trends and opportunities for children to seek from bookstores, magazines and others became lost.
- Gadgets can also make children reluctant to write and read. because the gadget can make it easier to write and read, this can greatly affect the writing skills of children. Not only that, the gadget look more attractive and seductive as it has a fantastic visual display, as can be demonstrated in accordance with reality. As a result, children become lazy to read a book. In fact, reading a book without visualization can help the development of a child's imagination.
- Children tend to decrease in verbal communication, tend to be egocentric and individualistic, children seem so attached to his smartphone. He had felt safe and exist when the always connected with others. Otherwise, she feared she was excommunicated, so that the child is always carrying around smartphone. He is more concerned with communicating with people there than with the people around him.
- Children become not care about the environment and do not understand the ethics of socializing.
- Children become less sensitive to other people because every day the children were only associated with inanimate objects.
- Children are also less able to express himself because he rarely do social interaction with other children.
- Changes in diet and rest. Changing patterns of rest and diet already plural happen to gamers because of declining self-control. Mealtimes become irregular and they often sleep in the morning in order to get cheap internet at night until the early morning, the child becomes forget to eat and drink
