Maximum life span

As I’m working with ‘Under 2s’, I have noticed a discrepancy in their attention span. Children of ages 15-30 months attend to activities for 10-15 minutes when highly motivated. The complexity of the task also matters, as a demanding task requires so much concentration that their attention does not continue for more than 5-7 minutes. When exploring in a familiar place with a new toy, a child attends for 15 minutes or more. In a distracting place or when others stressors are interfering (sleep,…

Classroom Management Plan for Amy Introduction Classroom management is arguably the most important aspect in the classroom. Being an effective teacher is important as well, but to teach well you need to have control over the classroom. When you have the right control, the classroom will benefit. Good classroom management keeps everybody on task including the teacher. When the teacher is distracted by trying to control a situation, the class suffers and there is less time for learning. As…

iPads in Education Nowadays we live in a world surrounded by technology. Technology can be found almost in every aspect of our everyday life, even in our classroom. Back in 2010 Steve Jobs (Apple’s CEO) introduced the very first iPad, a combination between a smartphone and a personal computer. What differentiated the iPad from other tablets in the industry was its simple interface and practicality. Shortly after, iPad started to dominate the tablets’ industry; it revolutionized many fields, one…

moment, and there is no character limit when it comes to how much an advertiser wants to write below a visual. A generic Snapchat account, on the other hand, allows a post to be viewed for up to ten seconds at a time, and is only available for a maximum of twenty four hours on what is known as a Snapchat Story. The concrete text is limited to two lines (measured across the phone screen) worth, and once something is posted, it can be deleted, but cannot be…

Does Google really have all the answers? It sure seems like it with its limitless amount of resources. Almost every question has an answer, and Google can access them all. We use Google almost every day to know more whether it is to prove someone wrong or just to know more. Arguments have been made that Google can make people dumb or smart, but neither one is true. The truth is that we have become more dependent on the search engine for the information. We now lack to will and desire to truly…

This kid was sitting there the whole class trying to figure out this puzzle without moving an inch. This action showed that this kid had a very strong attention span to try and solve the puzzle by himself. Usually kids loose attention on this quite fast unless it is something that really want to pay attention to. It was rare to see a kid stay in one place the entire class while most of the kids were moving around…

You probably know that it can be very easy to become distracted in class. You may be working hard, focused and set on finishing your assignment when somebody decides to start tapping their foot or "whispering" to their friends or texting. Suddenly, you feel incapable of doing anything productive. Distractions in class can be really frustrating, not only for the students who actually want to learn and take something out of the class, but for the teacher trying their best to help you learn as…

For everyone on this planet, there is a constant battle between the brain’s ability to hold on to independent thoughts, and the constant distractions the world has to offer. Billboards, television commercials, internet advertisements; everyone has experienced these intrusive means of promotion. All around society there is constantly something to draw one’s attention to. With that, it’s no wonder why people are less likely to find themselves doing tasks such as reading the newspaper, watching old…

Phoebe Loehr English II 10 October 2014 Ms. Etelamaki Techniques of Learning At Dartmouth College an email went around the department about why a professor wanted laptops banned in classrooms, Dan Rockmore in his article “The Case for Banning Laptops in the Classroom” speaks about why he agrees with his colleague and his reasoning. I agree with Rockmore’s theory on the disadvantages of having laptops in the classroom because they can be the cause of distraction, disrespect, and non-integration.…

the concern about the ways that today’s young people use technology, especially smartphone. Most of the users of smartphone have the same characteristic, their use of it seems “out-of-control”, and this feature begin to strongly distract their daily life. This distraction always makes them lose their focus on their work problem, because smartphone provide the information can entertain them. Therefore, people begins to blame smartphone and starts to ban it in school. Although the smartphone seems…