Ruth Starkman, while teaching a “Great Books” course in a Shanghai middle school over the summer, had come encounter with “CyberSlacking”. Starkman has taught all over the world. She has taught everything from high level college students, to primary school students in Asia. As an educator and global activist, Starkman is well aware of the benefits that technology has within schools.
Starkman confesses in her article, “…I continue to allow devices for numerous reasons: Conscious of college costs, trying to conserve paper, and teaching older texts, I use exclusively pdfs and links. I deploy a lot of social media and google.docs in class.” Starkman continues to admire the advancement in technology and notes her ability to adopt different means of communication for her students. She specifies the incredible benefits of technology in international classrooms with students who are working on learning a second language. …show more content…
Throughout her article she uses the phrase, “Cyberslacking”. Cyberslacking is, “refers to surfing the Internet and shirking one's duties at work”. Although she relates the bulk of the problem to those who work in office setting, she sees a similar pattern growing in educational settings. She goes on to provide statistical studies (with links provided in the article) which show the negative connotation between a productive educational workplace, and the amount of technology imbedded into the classroom. Again, she states that she does in fact allow her university students to bring their own devices; she provides many PDF documents that are vital materials for the course. Starkman refers to Joshua Landy, a professor of French Language and literature at Stanford, who has a “laptop free” classroom. He finds it to be a more engaging teaching
Starkman confesses in her article, “…I continue to allow devices for numerous reasons: Conscious of college costs, trying to conserve paper, and teaching older texts, I use exclusively pdfs and links. I deploy a lot of social media and google.docs in class.” Starkman continues to admire the advancement in technology and notes her ability to adopt different means of communication for her students. She specifies the incredible benefits of technology in international classrooms with students who are working on learning a second language. …show more content…
Throughout her article she uses the phrase, “Cyberslacking”. Cyberslacking is, “refers to surfing the Internet and shirking one's duties at work”. Although she relates the bulk of the problem to those who work in office setting, she sees a similar pattern growing in educational settings. She goes on to provide statistical studies (with links provided in the article) which show the negative connotation between a productive educational workplace, and the amount of technology imbedded into the classroom. Again, she states that she does in fact allow her university students to bring their own devices; she provides many PDF documents that are vital materials for the course. Starkman refers to Joshua Landy, a professor of French Language and literature at Stanford, who has a “laptop free” classroom. He finds it to be a more engaging teaching