Internet Addiction – A Growing Problem is a lesson for English Language Learners from Breaking News English.
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Internet Addiction – A Growing Problem is a lesson for English Language Learners from Breaking News English.
I’m adding it to The Best Sites To Learn About The Internet.
Some thoughts on Internet Addiction are cultural; baby boomers often think their kids are addicted when they may be simply engaged in healthy use. Crossing the cultural lines between the generations is critical to understanding and treating Internet Addiction. Psychologist Dr. Ofer Zur and I discuss this, as the digital native and digital immigrant that we are, here: http://www.zurinstitute.com/internetaddiction.html
Therapists may also be interested in the online CEU course on the subject of the positive use of gaming and Internet: http://www.zurinstitute.com/internet_and_gaming_course.html
Like any tool, the Internet and gaming can be used for ill or for good. How we use it is up to us, as is the responsibility to teach our kids to neither fear nor succumb to the Internet.
My digital native daughter, Azzia Zur and myself, Ofer Zur, a digital immigrant have just posted an updated and revised article, titled ”On Digital Immigrants and Digital Natives: How the Digital Divide Affects Families, Educational Institutions, and the Workplace”available at http://www.zurinstitute.com/digital_divide.html