THE TECHNOADDICTED
1. “Place the keyboard in a lower level of the elbow. In this way, keep the shoulders and wrists in a relaxed position.” 2. “Use rubber pads between the keyboard and the table, and where the mouse.” 3. “The forearms should be supported both by typing on the keyboard and using the mouse.”
If you spend a lot of time online, if you neglect your personal and family obligations to be online , you may be suffering from a new addition: Techno addiction.
4. “We are suggesting periodic breaks during the workday and perform stretching exercises for the flexors and extensors of the wrist and fingers.”
You could say that the techno addition is acting in the people as a new drug, that changes their behavior, especially if you are between fourteen and twenty-four years, because at this age people tent to be more impressionable by the new trends or fashion, just not to be isolated from the social group they belong to.
It`s important to manage the media and stay ahead with technology, yet we are social beings and therefore we need to communicate with other human beings, that is why we avoid replacing a human by a machine because we belong to a family, we have commitments with these people and we can´t abandon them. All educational institutions should explain to their students which is the end of the technology when it becomes an addiction, so you won`t end absorbed by it.
This new scourge can be so severe that could end the relationship in families and make them feel lonely, anxious and psychotic. A techno addicted must learn new forms of written communication to write faster, he has to invent new codes making communication more complex You could say that the writing is vulgarized, they are not interested in the orthographic rules or the correct spelling. The excessive use of the computer can cause health problems in the people, but the most common are: isolation, depression, anxiety, visual problems, and the famous carpal tunnel syndrome among others. Many people are concerned about this new “Illness” and that is why it`s easy to find recommendations in case of being a a prisoner of the technoaddition. These are some tips found on the Internet:
Laura Victoria Agudelo G Skills 3