Tech Newz

Technology changes every second! Stay up to date with it by reading some of the online articles. They range from Internet safety to protecting yourself from identity theft.

If you have an article to share, tell Mr. Munoz and you will earn extra credit!

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Addicted to video games? Here are the signs:

Possible signs you are addicted to video games and what to do if you or if child is:

• Lie about how many hours you play
• Poor grades
• Minimal exercise (sports, dancing, visiting parks, etc)
• Overweight
• Aggressive behavior in school and at home
•  Reluctant to meet new people

If you or your child demonstrates some of these symptoms, this website has information on what to do.

Social Media News

• Could using Facebook make you sad? There is early research showing a connection between depression and the social site.
• Research shows texting and using Facebook while studying leads to lower grades (Brain cannot separate information intake and communication technologies)
• Using Facebook may lead to an eating disorder 
  
• Say what?! Middle age people use social media sites MORE THAN TEENAGERS!
• Need your computer to be infected with viruses? Use a social site 
• This website informs teenagers about the latest tech stuff, and it's written by teenagers
• KidRex - This is a kid safe search engine. It's powered by Google, but without the inappropriate images or links

Long periods of gaming may change brain activity

Video Game Impacts Your Brain

• Smartphone and video games are affecting short-term memory
• Computer games make children anti-social. Scientist have found that children who play computer games (PC, console, handheld) do not develop certain parts of the brain. In other words, the more they play video games, the less intelligent and are more aggressive they become
• Active video games does not help to lose weight or become more active
• Wii Sports does not make kids more active
• Price of video games will go up! Why? People want to pay more!!
• What skills do you need to become a Video Game designer?
• Texting while walking has become so dangerous that some states want to ban it. 

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Education pays BIG BUCKS!

Need another reason to stay in school?

How about you will earn more money! Here's a chart showing what you're expected to earn a week depending on you level of education. 

So in other words, the lower your education is, not only will you earn less money, but you are more likely to be unemployed (either fired or not offer a job).

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American Super Sized

Bigger food portions = Bigger people

This poster describes how food portions have increased over time and the effect that has on Americans. 

To give you a perspective, in the 1950's a person drank less than a can of soda at a meal. 

Nowadays, most people will drink over a liter of soda, that's almost 3 cans per ONE MEAL!

Click on here to learn more.

Wondering about the rest of the meal? In the past, a person would eat a small hamburger. Today, we almost consume a pound of meat for lunch! Fries? The size of a small bag of McDonald's fries was enough, but now, almost half a pound of fries is considered normal.

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