Class 9 - English : Main Course Book
Chapter 6C - Children and Computers
Top Block 1
Question 1: Complete the following information about yourself SURVEY ON THE USE OF COMPUTERS
| Age | |
| Boy/Girl | |
| Hours spent at the computer | |
| Hours spent playing games and chatting on the computer | |
| Hours spent surfing the internet / websites for learning | |
| Hours spent per week studying at home | |
| Hours spent for leisure activities | |
| If you reduce your time spent on the computer, how would you spend the extra time? | |
| I like to spend my time at the computer because: |
Answer:
| Age | 13 |
| Boy/Girl | Boy |
| Hours spent at the computer | 2 |
| Hours spent playing games and chatting on the computer | 30 Minutes |
| Hours spent surfing the internet / websites for learning | 1:2 |
| Hours spent per week studying at home | 8 |
| Hours spent for leisure activities | 1 |
| If you reduce your time spent on the computer, how would you spend the extra time? | Playing flute |
| I like to spend my time at the computer because: | I love gadgets |
Question 6: Study the following graph and the accompanying report.
Mddle block 1
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 7: Now prepare a graph based on the students’ response to the survey you conducted in C2. Then write a report for the newspaper taking the help of B5, C3 and C6 You may follow this pattern:
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 8: This is a meeting of the school’s Parent Teacher Association. Some student rep-resentatives have also been invited to participate to discuss the role that Infor-mation Technology / Computers play in the growth and development of children.
Answer:
Do it yourself.
Question 9: You will now hold an actual class debate on the topic ‘Computers and Children:
A Boon or a Bane’.
In groups of four decide whether your group is FOR or AGAINST the motion. Then draft your debate. Each member of the group must participate in the written as well as the spoken matter. The spoken matter can be divided thus
- One introduces the topic
- One discusses points favoring the motion
- One argues the opponent’s points
- One concludes
Answer:
Participant 1: Dear friends, we are here to debate on the topic ‘Computers and Children: ‘A Boon or a Bane’. One of the participants will debate in favor of this topic. Another participant will debate against the topic and the last participant will give the concluding remark.
Participant 2: Computer is the greatest invention after the wheel which has changed the world in a dramatic way. Computer, coupled with internet, is a potent tool to grab as much information as possible.
This helps to increase our knowledge with greater ease. Computer is a good means to get additional knowledge whenever we need while doing our homework or doing our project work. I support this motion that computer is a boon for all of us.
Participant 3: I am of the view that computer is a bane for all of us. Computers are great source of distraction and they hamper our routine study schedule. Most of the websites are full of crap. Many of my friends, I know waste their precious time in chatting with someone or in watching silly videos on ‘You Tube’. There are contents on internet which are inappropriate for our age, yet they are available at the click of a mouse. Therefore, quality textbooks are better in consolidating our knowledge rather than computers.
Participant 4: My two knowledgeable friends have given enough food for thought to us. In the light of their input I have come to certain conclusions. Everything has two facets. Nuclear energy can be used to make power house and the same nuclear energy can be used to destroy civilizations. Similarly, computer is a double edged sword. If used judiciously computers can prove to be a great boon, otherwise it will be a curse.