How does technology negatively affect your physical, mental, or emotional health?

1. Write an introductory paragraph that includes background information about the use of technology by college students. Use one of the techniques that are suggested in the “Writing Effective Introductions” handout. Your introduction should end with a one-sentence thesis statement that summarizes your current use of technology and the advantages and disadvantages of how you use it. 2. In the first body paragraph, give an overview of yourself as a user of technology. What kinds of tech do you use? When? Where? For what purposes? 3. In the second body paragraph, explore how technology improves and enhances your life. How does it contribute to your happiness, productivity, connectedness to others, etc.? Include a quotation in this paragraph from a reputable source (found through the PCC Library databases) that supports your ideas of how technology makes your life better. 4. In the third body paragraph, explore the negative impacts of technology on your life. How does technology negatively affect your physical, mental, or emotional health? What is technology preventing you from doing? Include a quotation in this paragraph from a reputable source (found from the PCC Library databases) that supports your ideas of how technology makes your life worse. 5. In the fourth body paragraph, outline your plans for integrating technology in your life that maximizes the benefits and minimizes the drawbacks. Be very specific about what technology you will use, when, where, how, and with whom. Also, be specific about what you will not do. This is your personal technology success plan. 6. Write a concluding paragraph summarizing your feelings about your current and future use of technology and how your life will be different if you implement your plan successfully. 7. Include citations at the end of your paper for the two (or more) articles that you located through the library databases.