It is not uncommon to hear a teacher say, “get off the phone” or “give me the cell phone” due to how often students are on them during a school day. In a 2010 study, researchers found that kids eight to eighteen years old spend an average of seven and a half hours a day consuming media (Ahuja). Much of those seven and a half hours on media, nowadays, are in school. Many schools around the country have switched to 1-on-1 laptops so every student has an equal opportunity to achieve goals set before them, often requiring the use of some type of technology. Is this drastic change in the way we educate our future Americans distracting students and teachers from the true meaning of education? Today, students and teachers are affected and distracted
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While they are not classifying whether the changes are good or bad, they are concerned about what they see. Teachers are claiming that students are struggling in keeping their attention on their learning subject because they are distracted by phones, online games, and thoughts that social media puts into the student’s heads. On the other hand, students are also complaining their teachers are similarly distracted by the use of technology in the classroom. Minutes are wasted as teachers struggle in connecting to the dozens of wires scattered on the technology cart or waiting for the Wi-Fi to connect, in a hassle to keep up with the hundreds of computers in the district. Technology is distracting students and teachers from achieving their full potential while at school. This technological distraction is caused by many different situations in which both students and teachers will encounter during the average school …show more content…
If students could find a more efficient way to use those seven and a half hours on social media, teachers may find that their concern for their students has faded and their worries gone. Technology keeps taking advancement, and the addiction to cell phones is going to get worse. All these causes lead up to one, difficult effect that affects student’s grades, along with students and teacher’s demeanors, attention spans and motivation to get things done. Students and teachers are distracted by the technology that surrounds them in school and at
While they are not classifying whether the changes are good or bad, they are concerned about what they see. Teachers are claiming that students are struggling in keeping their attention on their learning subject because they are distracted by phones, online games, and thoughts that social media puts into the student’s heads. On the other hand, students are also complaining their teachers are similarly distracted by the use of technology in the classroom. Minutes are wasted as teachers struggle in connecting to the dozens of wires scattered on the technology cart or waiting for the Wi-Fi to connect, in a hassle to keep up with the hundreds of computers in the district. Technology is distracting students and teachers from achieving their full potential while at school. This technological distraction is caused by many different situations in which both students and teachers will encounter during the average school …show more content…
If students could find a more efficient way to use those seven and a half hours on social media, teachers may find that their concern for their students has faded and their worries gone. Technology keeps taking advancement, and the addiction to cell phones is going to get worse. All these causes lead up to one, difficult effect that affects student’s grades, along with students and teacher’s demeanors, attention spans and motivation to get things done. Students and teachers are distracted by the technology that surrounds them in school and at