Kai's Portfolio

Claim –

Excessive use of cell phones and social media negatively impacts teens’ social-emotional health and academic performance.

Evidence –

The evidence suggests that excessive cell phone use, particularly for social media, can negatively affect teen social-emotional health and learning. The interviewed student spends about three hours daily on social media, indicating a potential addiction that may distract from academic responsibilities. Despite maintaining positive relationships with friends, the student acknowledges that phones can hinder effective learning due to constant notifications and distractions.

Heather Kreider from Edgewater High School supports this view, noting that restrictions on phone usage have led to improved mental health outcomes for students. Additionally, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warns against social media use for children under 14, emphasizing the potential harms to young people’s mental health. Overall, the evidence highlights that while phones can facilitate connections, their overuse might compromise teens’ social-emotional well-being and academic performance.

Reasoning –

Excessive cell phone and social media use can harm teens’ social-emotional health and academic performance. While some maintain positive relationships, distractions from notifications may hinder learning. Educators like Heather Kreider note that restricting phone use improves mental health, and public health advisories warn of social media’s risks for younger users.

My Opinion –

My judgment about how expanded cell phone access might impact my social-emotional health and relationships next year is that how the massive cell phone access might cause cyberbullying and little distractions during class but while profiting the academic purposes.

Quote –

“Excessive social media use distracts teens and harms their mental health, underscoring the benefits of limiting phone use in schools.”

Kai

Why have a digital portfolio at SAS?

Creating a portfolio, or blog is a great way to collect all the work you’ve done throughout your academic career. You can include academic, athletic, and personal artifacts or experiences that you want to share with a wider audience. This is a great way to organize all your learning in one place and you can take it with you when you leave SAS.  When you make your portfolio, you create posts that are categorized according to your subject. Some categories have already been set up for you, but if you need more categories you can add them as needed. It’s important that your posts have the following:

• An engaging title – this should not include the name of the subject since this is referenced in the category. Think of this as the first opportunity to engage and hook your reader!
• Body – this is where you share your learning. This should include a combination of text and media in the form of images, graphics, and embedded videos. You should always consider how your post looks to your audience. Is it engaging and organized? Do they want to keep reading?
• Category – select one that has been set for you or add a new category. Posts can have more than one category e.g. Humanities and Myself as a Learner
• Tags – create tags that can be used as keywords to describe your post. Tags help organize your post a little more! Aim to have 3-5 tags for each post. For example, if you are posting about a novel you wrote, you might want the following tags: #Fiction, #MurderMystery, #Theme, #PlotDiagram

Click on the images below to find a few helpful tips for creating your posts, adding media, and making categories: