Comments on: The 53 hours a week teens spend on media use is way too much of a good thing. http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/ Elona Hartjes shares the insights, resources and practical classroom strategies that have earned her A Teacher of Distinction Award. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The DMM Social Media Blog http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-69067 The DMM Social Media Blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:31:14 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-69067 [...] caused by the very thing that is meant to make him more productive.  With teenagers spending about 53 hours a week on Facebook alone, it can potentially be argued that technology now hinders our ability to think [...] [...] caused by the very thing that is meant to make him more productive.  With teenagers spending about 53 hours a week on Facebook alone, it can potentially be argued that technology now hinders our ability to think [...]

]]> By: Litsa http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68933 Litsa Sun, 11 Dec 2011 06:48:55 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68933 Touché, dearest teenager! The question is how many hours a day ARE YOU ACTUALLY LIVING! Life is too short to be spending so many hours on the computer. THINK ABOUT IT. Talk about those biology assignments with your school counselor. Did you know that the thinking and storing process is not instigated unless we actually use our hands to form letters? And what do your parents say? Are they concerned? Take good care of yourself anyway possible and part of that is actually living. Good luck to you; from your writing I can see you have lots of potential. Touché, dearest teenager! The question is how many hours a day ARE YOU ACTUALLY LIVING!
Life is too short to be spending so many hours on the computer. THINK ABOUT IT. Talk about those biology assignments with your school counselor. Did you know that the thinking and storing process is not instigated unless we actually use our hands to form letters? And what do your parents say? Are they concerned? Take good care of yourself anyway possible and part of that is actually living. Good luck to you; from your writing I can see you have lots of potential.

]]> By: Teenager http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68931 Teenager Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:05:07 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68931 I'm guilty of spending 53 hours online. I'm, fourteen turning fifteen, Sophomore, and a computer addict, if I do say so myself. The reason why we spend so much time here isn't some sort of universal enigma. EVERYTHING has moved to Internet, so we did as well. Yahoo gives you news within 15 minutes -- much faster than a newspaper by far. TV? Oh, that's on the internet too -- and it's free. The board game Monopoly? That's there too. AND you can even play it with that Texan that seemed pretty cool on the cb. Everything is online. And that's not a bad thing. I can completely attribute most of my knowledge to the internet. It helped me understand everything from syntax, to 1337; from psychology to mathematics. Plus the fact that my Biology teacher assigns us weekly assignments that will take a MINIMUM of 4 hours of constant typing. 12 point font, 1.5 spaced. If it's handwritten, she won't accept it. Writing for school is a lost art. Some parents implement I time limit. Mine did. At least -- until I had to start staying up into the night to finish those Biology assignments. You won't believe the things me and the people I know do to evade these limits. Personally, I know my father's email, account password, and our network code. If he ever blocks my account, I know my mother's password. If all else fails? Text a friend to look something up for me. Social Networks help me keep in touch with friends. If I don't have someone's number, I can send them a quick IM and they'll respond. You can read books on the internet. You can write your own books and self-publish them. Again, it's no wonder we're spending so much time on the internet. Everything's there. Seeing as I this article/blog on the internet completely proves my point. You couldn't have wrote this if the interent wasn't so readily available. I wouldn't have seen it. This comment would never have been written. I’m guilty of spending 53 hours online. I’m, fourteen turning fifteen, Sophomore, and a computer addict, if I do say so myself.

The reason why we spend so much time here isn’t some sort of universal enigma. EVERYTHING has moved to Internet, so we did as well. Yahoo gives you news within 15 minutes — much faster than a newspaper by far. TV? Oh, that’s on the internet too — and it’s free. The board game Monopoly? That’s there too. AND you can even play it with that Texan that seemed pretty cool on the cb.

Everything is online. And that’s not a bad thing. I can completely attribute most of my knowledge to the internet. It helped me understand everything from syntax, to 1337; from psychology to mathematics.

Plus the fact that my Biology teacher assigns us weekly assignments that will take a MINIMUM of 4 hours of constant typing. 12 point font, 1.5 spaced. If it’s handwritten, she won’t accept it. Writing for school is a lost art.

Some parents implement I time limit. Mine did. At least — until I had to start staying up into the night to finish those Biology assignments. You won’t believe the things me and the people I know do to evade these limits. Personally, I know my father’s email, account password, and our network code. If he ever blocks my account, I know my mother’s password. If all else fails? Text a friend to look something up for me.

Social Networks help me keep in touch with friends. If I don’t have someone’s number, I can send them a quick IM and they’ll respond.

You can read books on the internet. You can write your own books and self-publish them. Again, it’s no wonder we’re spending so much time on the internet. Everything’s there.

Seeing as I this article/blog on the internet completely proves my point. You couldn’t have wrote this if the interent wasn’t so readily available. I wouldn’t have seen it. This comment would never have been written.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68902 Rachel Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:40:04 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68902 Im a teen and i know 53 hours seems like way to much time but if the average teen is anything like me half the time i spend on the computer is well of course facebook, but a lot of it is spent researching and doing stuff for school. Im a teen and i know 53 hours seems like way to much time but if the average teen is anything like me half the time i spend on the computer is well of course facebook, but a lot of it is spent researching and doing stuff for school.

]]> By: Valuable Lessons from Avoiding Media « janetkrater http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68577 Valuable Lessons from Avoiding Media « janetkrater Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:39:01 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68577 [...] to me that media is not all good. According to the article by Elona Hartjes on Teachers at Risk (http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-muc...) the average teen spends 53 hours a week on media. This was shocking to me. After participating in [...] [...] to me that media is not all good. According to the article by Elona Hartjes on Teachers at Risk (http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-muc...) the average teen spends 53 hours a week on media. This was shocking to me. After participating in [...]

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68408 Elona Hartjes Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:08:43 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68408 Emily, Thanks for sharing your insights. My assignments for my students are 90% on line and the research I do for my MEd courses are also on line. I hardly watch tv anymore because I'm online for work, my courses for for entertainment. Maybe someone can invent a exercise bike with a computer attached so I can exercise while I'm online. Emily,
Thanks for sharing your insights. My assignments for my students are 90% on line and the research I do for my MEd courses are also on line. I hardly watch tv anymore because I’m online for work, my courses for for entertainment. Maybe someone can invent a exercise bike with a computer attached so I can exercise while I’m online.

]]> By: Emily http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68406 Emily Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:42:30 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68406 I know I may be bias on this subject as I am seventeen and possibly a high media user. But I must say that teenagers are affected by media all aroung them, we may not be using it but its always readily available. Right in front of our face. I wouldn't be surprised that adults use just as much media. You have to define what you mean by media too. Tv? Internet? Newspapers? Magazines? Bulletin boards? There's more than just one type. School work also requires us to use media, quite often. To be practically honest, being a student in grade 12 in Australia has required me to use possible 2-3 hours a night of internet research or assistence of assignments or homework. I also use the internet for practically 50% of my classes in a school day. Each class 50 minutes. Tv to me just seems like a rest from all the work I get! So factoring in school work and leisure time I can completly understand how most of 53 hours can span a whole week for a person my age, and people of more higher usage of the media than me could probably reach that amount of time. Honestly, I am not a big user of facebook I probably frequent the site 2-3 times a week, and only for possible 10 minutes. But have to admit I can't say that for the rest of my age group. I know I may be bias on this subject as I am seventeen and possibly a high media user. But I must say that teenagers are affected by media all aroung them, we may not be using it but its always readily available. Right in front of our face. I wouldn’t be surprised that adults use just as much media. You have to define what you mean by media too. Tv? Internet? Newspapers? Magazines? Bulletin boards? There’s more than just one type. School work also requires us to use media, quite often. To be practically honest, being a student in grade 12 in Australia has required me to use possible 2-3 hours a night of internet research or assistence of assignments or homework. I also use the internet for practically 50% of my classes in a school day. Each class 50 minutes. Tv to me just seems like a rest from all the work I get! So factoring in school work and leisure time I can completly understand how most of 53 hours can span a whole week for a person my age, and people of more higher usage of the media than me could probably reach that amount of time. Honestly, I am not a big user of facebook I probably frequent the site 2-3 times a week, and only for possible 10 minutes. But have to admit I can’t say that for the rest of my age group.

]]> By: You are doing it right now… « Jim Wardle's Centennial CVI Site http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-68088 You are doing it right now… « Jim Wardle's Centennial CVI Site Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:53:36 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-68088 [...] http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-muc... [...] [...] http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-muc... [...]

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-65193 Elona Hartjes Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:52:15 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-65193 Thanks for leaving the comment. I'm glad you liked the article. Thanks for leaving the comment. I’m glad you liked the article.

]]> By: joshylynn harrris http://www.teachersatrisk.com/2010/01/20/the-53-hours-a-week-teens-spend-on-media-use-is-way-too-much-of-a-good-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-65192 joshylynn harrris Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:47:44 +0000 http://www.teachersatrisk.com/?p=1073#comment-65192 i think the artical was true ,real,and awsome.It's so true we do spend alot of time on the media.Also we spend alot of time on Facebook.I really like this artical........ i think the artical was true ,real,and awsome.It’s so true we do spend alot of time on the media.Also we spend alot of time on Facebook.I really like this artical……..

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