Reading Comprehension

The document is a reading comprehension evaluation containing a passage about the impact of technology on children. It discusses how children now spend more time than ever on devices like smartphones and tablets [SENTENCE 1]. It notes both benefits, like digital natives being skilled with technology, and dangers, like loss of privacy and lack of control over personal data collected online [SENTENCE 2]. The passage raises questions about how children's extensive digital footprints could impact their future and whether current laws sufficiently protect youth privacy and data use [SENTENCE 3].

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UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING – ENGLISH LEVEL 3

Second Reading comprehension Evaluation
May 30th, 2018
This reading comprehension evaluation has one text

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Text # 1 Techno troubles

Do we need to rescue our kids from the digital world?

The lone child sitting in their room using a tablet computer is a situation that is
becoming more and more common. Today’s youngsters use smartphones, tablets
and other mobile devices more than ever before. And the amount of time they spend
on these devices is only likely to increase in the future. The lives of children
nowadays are completely different to the childhoods of older generations. But are all
these changes good? What are the dangers of the digital childhood - and can they
be avoided?

We sometimes call children who grow up able to use mobile devices and technology
easily digital natives. They know how the digital world works. They can text, email,
get wi-fi, download and stream television programmes and movies. Some experts
say that their brains might even develop differently because of their use of
technology. Long periods of time spent chatting to friends online, playing video
games and listening to mp3s, for example, may possibly change how their brains
work.

Then there is the question of privacy. All this online activity creates a digital
footprint: the collection of data or information by all of the devices and online services
that we use. Every time we share a photo or a post on social media, and every time
we search for something on the internet, information about our activity
is stored somewhere. Today's children are creating a very large digital footprint - but
will they be able to control who has access to this information in the future?

Our inability to control what happens to our children's digital footprint - and their
personal privacy - has big implications. It might become normal for companies to ask
their employees for their social media credentials. We are also becoming more
aware that companies and governments may be able to 'listen in' on our
communications. So it is important to teach our children how their online activities
are connected with their daily lives - and make them aware of the possible results
of oversharing. The future may bring laws to ensure our 'right to be forgotten' but in
the meantime, do we know what these companies and governments are likely to do
with our children's information?

Another area where the digital world may have a big impact is in education. One
worry is that kids who spend a lot of time online at home are sometimes unable to
socialise properly with other children when they are at school. This may be one
reason why, according to some experts, many teachers are still sceptical about
technology in classrooms, which (some say) haven’t changed in centuries, even
though children don’t learn and study in the same way that they did in the past. Other
experts point out that, when it comes to children and technology, the children are the
experts, not the teachers. They say that we should stop seeing online as 'bad' and
offline as 'good' - and there is evidence of innovative work in some schools.

So, do we really need to rescue our children from the dangers of the digital world?
Or are there benefits to spending time on different devices and online? Although they
might be affected by computer addiction and loss of social skills, our children might
also be the smartest generation ever.

1. According to the article, children will probably spend more time using
technology in the future

A True X

B False