Technology: Not So Bad After All Many educators and parents have complained over the fact that their students and children have very short attention spans and technology is to be blamed. They claim that in the classroom, students’ phones can be continuous distractions that impede effective learning (Barnes, Raymond, and Sharmila 2-3). At home, parents lament over the fact that their children are constantly watching tv or using their phones while simultaneously completing their schoolwork (Wilhelm 293). Employers claim that their younger workers have a difficult time focusing (Harper 27). In spite of this, it appears to be that technology does not have a negative effect on the attention span.
Students who have grown up with technology believe …show more content…
This may indicate that their teachers may have not taught them to develop critical teaching skills effectively. For example, when kids are young, the best teachers that they have are their parents. Parents set the foundation for basic critical thinking when their children are young — they guide them to differentiate between right and wrong. Similarly, with the proper use of technology, students can improve their critical thinking. For example, discussion forums and peer review activities can help students communicate with their peers and analyze content (Yang and Wanchi 340). Educators and adults are quick to blame technology when problems arise although technology is not the one at fault. Kids in this technologically advanced generation actually do understand that the their phones are unacceptable distractions and that focusing in class is essential. When students do resort to their phones, the reason being is not because technology has conditioned them the inability to focus for long periods of time, rather the way that educators present the lessons to the class bore the students. Additionally, technology has enabled students of this generation to gain crucial skills that they will utilize in the future. To sum, it appears to be that technology does not decrease the attention
Students who have grown up with technology believe …show more content…
This may indicate that their teachers may have not taught them to develop critical teaching skills effectively. For example, when kids are young, the best teachers that they have are their parents. Parents set the foundation for basic critical thinking when their children are young — they guide them to differentiate between right and wrong. Similarly, with the proper use of technology, students can improve their critical thinking. For example, discussion forums and peer review activities can help students communicate with their peers and analyze content (Yang and Wanchi 340). Educators and adults are quick to blame technology when problems arise although technology is not the one at fault. Kids in this technologically advanced generation actually do understand that the their phones are unacceptable distractions and that focusing in class is essential. When students do resort to their phones, the reason being is not because technology has conditioned them the inability to focus for long periods of time, rather the way that educators present the lessons to the class bore the students. Additionally, technology has enabled students of this generation to gain crucial skills that they will utilize in the future. To sum, it appears to be that technology does not decrease the attention