“Imagine mankind as dwelling in an underground cave with a long entrance open to the light across the whole width of the cave…” (Plato). In today’s society, people are blind to everything except what is shown to them. This cave is the current world and technology is blinding everyone, keeping them narrow-minded. Students use technology almost daily in school and it is hurting their education experience. Technology is mainly hurting students in education because it contains a lot of false information that can be difficult to check for accuracy, it makes plagiarism a large concern while hindering the memories of children and society. With all the information available on the internet, finding credible and factual information can be very
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Allowing students to use technology may cause plagiarism because, “there are numerous sites on the web that offer term papers and book reports for sale, or even for free” (Hargittai), teaching students to find the simplest method and to be unmotivated. It’s important for students to strive to do well in life and in their careers, and with students copying work from the internet, they learn to be unimaginative and lazy. Furthermore, students will be tempted with all the distracting video and games on the internet, hindering their work ethic and learning. While students are searching Google for information, “advertising sites offer interactive games to children to lure them to their sites and to familiarize them with their brand and materials” (Hargittai), causing a major distraction for children and weakening their desire to work and to succeed. There are numerous sites and advertisements that will make students less interested in working and more interested in the fun games and videos. With children allowed to access the web, they are being trusted to work hard and only use it to benefit their education and not to find the quickest way to finish the assignment or to get …show more content…
Digital Amnesia is, “The experience of forgetting information that you trust to a digital device to store and remember for you” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia). People, not just children, are developing Digital Amnesia because they rely on technology to be, “the default storage space for their most important personal information” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia), meaning people are no longer remembering important facts and details and are forgetting the importance of memorizing data. Memorizing facts and details teach your brain how to remember information. When people memorize certain facts, they challenge their brain, keeping it healthy. In addition to Digital Amnesia, people are completely reliant on technology to have everything they might need to know. Because people are so adapted to always having available internet, “around half of smartphone-owning 16 to 34 year olds and 40% of those aged 35 to44 surveyed for the study admit that their phone holds almost everything they need to know or recall” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia), meaning they do not need to remember anything, leaving them vulnerable in an unfortunate situation. If people did not have their phones they would not know phone numbers or passwords. They might not even have their school work because most work is online now. People are left helpless when they let their
Allowing students to use technology may cause plagiarism because, “there are numerous sites on the web that offer term papers and book reports for sale, or even for free” (Hargittai), teaching students to find the simplest method and to be unmotivated. It’s important for students to strive to do well in life and in their careers, and with students copying work from the internet, they learn to be unimaginative and lazy. Furthermore, students will be tempted with all the distracting video and games on the internet, hindering their work ethic and learning. While students are searching Google for information, “advertising sites offer interactive games to children to lure them to their sites and to familiarize them with their brand and materials” (Hargittai), causing a major distraction for children and weakening their desire to work and to succeed. There are numerous sites and advertisements that will make students less interested in working and more interested in the fun games and videos. With children allowed to access the web, they are being trusted to work hard and only use it to benefit their education and not to find the quickest way to finish the assignment or to get …show more content…
Digital Amnesia is, “The experience of forgetting information that you trust to a digital device to store and remember for you” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia). People, not just children, are developing Digital Amnesia because they rely on technology to be, “the default storage space for their most important personal information” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia), meaning people are no longer remembering important facts and details and are forgetting the importance of memorizing data. Memorizing facts and details teach your brain how to remember information. When people memorize certain facts, they challenge their brain, keeping it healthy. In addition to Digital Amnesia, people are completely reliant on technology to have everything they might need to know. Because people are so adapted to always having available internet, “around half of smartphone-owning 16 to 34 year olds and 40% of those aged 35 to44 surveyed for the study admit that their phone holds almost everything they need to know or recall” (The Rise and Impact of Digital Amnesia), meaning they do not need to remember anything, leaving them vulnerable in an unfortunate situation. If people did not have their phones they would not know phone numbers or passwords. They might not even have their school work because most work is online now. People are left helpless when they let their