How to use the internet for education?

Due to this COVID-19 pandemic situation, online learning is increasing in a high level. Internet is required for almost all the things you do in your smartphone or which device you're using. Even, to view this article, you are using internet. Online classes, that also require internet. But, there are so many bad sides of internet. The article is about what is the correct way to use internet for education.





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WHAT THEY DO WRONG?

Number #1: Screen Time: Physical health

Start counting your screen time. It shouldn't be more than 2 or at the max 3 hours without counting from the online classes. Children and adolescents spend a lot of time watching screens, including smartphones, tablets, gaming consoles, TVs, and computers. On average, children ages 8-12 in the United States spend 4-6 hours a day watching or using screens, and teens spend up to 9 hours. That is not good for their health. Radiations outcoming from the smartphones affect the brain and cause anxiety and moderate to severe depression and headache. It causes physical strain to your eyes, sleep deprivation and many more. So, try to control your screen time.

Number #2: Screen Time: Mental health

This is particularly noticeable for children and adolescents who have screens (TVs, computers, tablets) in their bedrooms, with access prior to them going to bed. Insufficient sleep, either in quality or duration, has been associated with worsening of many mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety. Early data from a landmark National Institutes of Health (NIH) study that began in 2018 indicates that children who spent more than two hours a day on screen-time activities scored lower on language and thinking tests, their IQ decreases as well. It proofs screen time can even cause brain disorders and mental disability.

Number #3: Bad posture

It's proved that most people don't know in which posture they're looking at on their smartphone. They get so busy on the phone that they don't even realize how much they're hurting themselves. It is also applicable for children. This bad posture during looking at their mobile causes bending of their vertebral column and even it was happened that the person can't look straight like normal persons.
Doctors call this iHunch.

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Info source: Wikipedia, Active Health, Harvard, Discovery Mood


CORRECT WAY TO USE

The correct way to use smartphone for education- that not means most people use it wrongly. It's just to modify the way.

  • Don't spent more time in your device.
  • You can use YouTube for education. There are so many educational channels enough for learning on YouTube. Some of them are listed in the last of the page.
  • You can use free educational apps like Khan Academy.
  • If you face any problem while studying you can search it in Socratic an app just for education or directly use Google or Bing.
  • Don't browse. First decide what you're going to search and then search. Otherwise, you'll watch too much videos and your screen time will increase.
  • For tips during online classes, visit Klipinterest by ALLEN.
Educational YouTube Channels


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