Meeting Pattern

Online/Blackboard

Description

Reflect on how technology, has affected the mental health of our children. Examine the detriments of social media, video games, and the internet on the mental development of children. The author offers preventative measures and solutions to the crises. 

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

You will:

• Understand the effects of internet, social media, and video games on child development. 
• Understand the increase in childhood depression and anxiety and possible causes.

• Determine some solutions to preventing childhood mental health crises.

Materials:

Required Text

Haidt, Jonathan. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental, 2024, Penguin Press, ISBN: 9780593655047

Testimonials:

"THE UNDERSTANDING AND DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE FROM THE INSTRUCTOR WAS AMAZING!"

"THE BOOK WAS THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND LED ME TO CHALLENGE MANY OF OUR CURRENT EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES AS WELL AS MY OWN PARENTING PRACTICES."

"COURSE WAS VERY THOUGHT PROVOKING. IT MADE ME EXAMINE MY OWN TECHNOLOGY USE, AS WELL AS, MY FAMILY'S TECHNOLOGY USE, AND HOW I USE TECHNOLOGY IN MY CLASSROOM."

"LEARNING AND APPLYING THE IMPACTS PHONES HAVE ON TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS."

"THE KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN TAKE AWAY FROM THE BOOK AND THE THINGS WE AS EDUCATORS AND PARENTS SHOULD DO TO HELP COMBAT THE ISSUES FROM CELL PHONES/INTERNET USE IN YOUNGER GENERATIONS."

"THE COURSE WAS WELL ORGANIZED AND I KNEW ALL THE EXPECTATIONS FROM THE SYLLABUS."