Group 1: Anthony, Brandon, De Quan, Bing Hong, Dominic.

RE ORAL PRESENTATION

Group 1: Anthony, Brandon, De Quan, Bing Hong, Dominic

Overview of presentation Introduction and Background by Dominic Tan Procedure, Methodology and Results & Discussion by

Brandon Lim Conclusion of Project and Research, Application by Chan

De Quan Problems encountered and solved, limitations, constraints

and delimitations by Chua Bing Hong Suggestion for better approach to problem and suggestion

for future extension to project by Anthony Lim

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

• Background

- Facebook is a massive social networking site

- Its social applications are garnering millions of fans

across the globe

- Examples are Mousehunt, Farmville and Cityville

- These social applications have been proven to affect

social skills, grades and in some cases, health when

played in excess

• Problem statement-objectives

- Find the different ways to tackle the problem of

addiction to Facebook

social applications in Raffles Institution(RI) Year 2 boys

- To create awareness among all RI students to reduce

their usage of

Facebook social applications to prevent themselves

from getting addicted

- To study and understand the effect that social

applications have on health

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

• Hypothesis- Addiction to Facebook social applications affects the physical and mental health of Year 2 RI students

• Explanation of what prompted the research- Gap in the Literature- Little research in this area- No local research

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

• Brief project description- Addiction to Facebook social applications can affect RI Year 2 boys in many ways, however, in this project, we are mainly focusing on how it affects their physical and mental health. We will be gathering our information through various sources before compiling it into a final report for our teacher-mentor to review.

INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

METHODOLOGY

Conducted a social survey Purpose was to find out:

- how addiction to Facebook social applications affect physical and mental health.- the extent of addiction among Year 2 Rafflesians.

METHODOLOGY

Social Survey

Sample size: 20 Respondents: Obtained through random

sampling Profile of 20 respondents: 14 years old,

Male, Secondary 2 Survey questions: 10 questions, structured

to give insight into topic Pilot survey: Conducted with a few to

validate questionnaire Assuring respondents: Team members

reminded respondents of the confidentiality of their response

METHODOLOGY

Social Survey

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Opinion whether excessive use of Applications affects mental and physical health

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Sense of fustration when playing Applications

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RESULTS

Most students use Applications in moderation Students know that excessive use of Applications

will affect their health, thus the reason for using Applications in moderation

Quite a few students are occasionally frustrated by the Applications

Contrary, usage of Applications hardly impacted the students’ self-esteem and they feel good

DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS

Conducted interview with Mrs Jacqueline Chua in Raffles Institution

Purpose was to reconfirm and find evidence to support the information found so far, and be advised of ways to curb addiction

Ten question were created Mrs Jacqueline Chua granted permission for the interview

about addiction of Facebook applicants. Voice recorder used during interview to help writing of

interview transcript and safeguard against misinterpretations of interviewee’s response

Conducted in Rafflesia Lounge to eliminate noise disturbances

METHODOLOGY

Face-to-face interview

Head of Department for Character Education in Raffles Institution.

Has a lot of experience in this field Recommended by Mr Edmund Chow

METHODOLOGY

Face-to-face interview

Addictions have a common trait: affects grades People addicted to social applications and gaming are

mainly loners who seek friends and power in the virtual world.

Good way to stop an addiction is by stopping completely instead of slowly conditioning oneself to stop it.

Parents are main players in beating addictions. There is no definite way of determining addiction. If a person exceeds norm by a large margin, it can be

concluded is possibly addicted. Facebook social applications if played moderately,

improves communication skills.

DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

We can use the results of our research and project to prove that Facebook social applications is bad to a certain extent and thus persuade parents to set a time limit for students so that more addicts will not surface

Raffles Institution can also impose a ban on all Facebook social application within its broadband area so Year 2 Rafflesians cannot access them.

The Character and Leadership Education (CLE) department can place greater emphasis on Facebook social applications in its curriculum

APPLICATION

Problems Encountered: Could not decide on

GPP Irrelevant answers

collected from surveys Interviewee knew little

about topic, gave other answers

Limited understanding of how to conduct social surveys, wrong questions asked

Solution: Consulted a teacher

and weighed pros and cons

Used other completed survey forms

Linked answers to our topic

Learned from mistakes, tried to improve in interview questions

1) Critique and Self-reflection

CONCLUSION OF PRESENTATION

Limitations/Constraints:

Little time to meet up

Did not know much about Researching

Little time given to finish work

Delimitations: Discussed on the

wiki and in chat rooms

Asked the Teacher-Mentor

Worked harder, kept later nights

1) Critique and Self-reflection

CONCLUSION OF PRESENTATION

Could not decide on GPP: For deciding a GPP, we could put it to a vote and have each person debate his PI ( preliminary idea)

Irrelevant answers collected from surveys: We can print extra survey sheets so we will not come up short in case of irrelevant answers

Interviewee knew little about topic, gave other answers: We can ask the interviewee to elaborate so we can find a way to link it to our topic

Limited understanding of how to conduct social surveys, wrong questions asked: We can judge our questions using the CRAP test, evaluating the clarity, relevance, accuracy and precision factors of each question

1) Critique and Self-reflection

CONCLUSION OF PRESENTATION

Analyze other factors where Facebook social applications might affect Year 2 Rafflesians (studies, social skills)

Research on other levels of Rafflesians ( Year 1) Research on how other games and applications

may affect Year 2 RI boys (World of Warcraft might induce violent feelings)

CONCLUSION OF PRESENTATION

1) Critique and Self-reflection

Teacher Mentor, Mr Edmund Chow:Guiding us

Interviewee, Mrs Jacqueline Chua:Spending time to help us in the interview

Survey Group:Helping us in the survey report

Each member of the group:Doing their job well

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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