Tech Addiction ‘harms learning’

Tech Addiction ‘harms learning’

I found this article on the BBC News Website. This article was interesting to me and I wanted to share it with all of you.

This article is on technology and what effects it has in classrooms. The study surveyed 267 people ages 11-18. Of the students surveyed, 63% felt addicted to the internet and 53% to their cell phones. Eighty percent first used the Internet between the ages of five and 10, and 58% first used a cell phone between the ages of 8 and 10. About half of the students said they spend around 30 minutes a day on their phone and 17% said they spent at least 3 hours.

I believe that cell phones in the classroom are very distracting. Students can spend a whole class period on their phone and not get anything out of the lecture or activity. This can very crucial to their grades. Teachers also have developed a concern about text-messaging abbreviations which young people have grown accustomed. Students are using them in their homework unconsciously.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8256490.stm