In today’s world, everyone is surrounded by technology everywhere for example, our smart phones can connect to the web along with instant messaging to anywhere in the world. A study by Levine, Waite, and Bowman examines how the relationship between the new collaborative technologies such as instant messaging (IMing) have great impact of the capability of students to stay concentrated on their academic tasks. Accordingly, the authors not only examined the consequences on continuous interruptions of IMing however, they also explored at the consequences of multitasking with their schoolwork. In the study, it was hypothesized that those students who spent a huge amount of time on IMing, they have a tough time focusing on their school tasks such as academic reading. The method authors used to test their hypothesis was by making students to do survey that have 55 item questionnaire that is structured to find out how much each student use electronic media in terms of IMing and what are the few ways they are using instant messaging.
Method
The study of IMing survey was participated by students who were primarily White/Non-Hispanic (83%) from working middle-class families. A group of fifteen females and 46 male college students from psychology classes were requested to share their experiences about the IMing habits where they also received extra course points for participating in the 55-item questionnaire survey. The IMing student survey begins with determining how much the internet
Lauren Shinozuka wrote “The Dangers of Digital Distractedness” for a class assignment. She is a college student that lives in the world of technology and internet. Her idea to address how dependent the world has become on technology without even realizing it. Lead her to her own evaluation of her life and how technology has changed how she deals and interacts with people.
He supports his ideas with multiple studies showing the positive and negative effects of internet and computer use has on our mental and physiological abilities. Starting from the most general collection of studies, he found, he places the framework for his argument. Patricia Greenfield’s collection and analysis echo Carr’s own evidence for the ill effects from internet distractions and quick page touring, especially the ever faster shifts of focus we require to remain entertained in an activity. He continues his path of logic with the results of a school centered study on the effects of internet surfing on focus. Cornell University’s Study came to a similar conclusion as Patricia Greenfields did but coming from the other way. Where a situation where constant attention on a singular topic was required, and the distractions affected student’s performance on a quiz following a lecture. Finally, he points out the general trend in declining cognitive skills from internet exposure. Out of an almost evenly split group of 101 subjects with various exposure to daily
Many people are being distracted these days by the overuse of technology. It has become very difficult for people to focus on one task at a time. Also, people are forgetting some old ways of increasing their intelligence and ways of developing skills. In the article “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” By Nicholas Carr, he argues that internet restricts the minds from increasing our ability to fully understand what we read online. He also argues that spending “too much” time online causes to lose the focus and train our minds to think more like machines. Also, in the article “Why Gen-Y Johnny Can’t Read Nonverbal Cues” by Mark Bauerlein, he argues that people are less interactive because of the more use of texting and online chatting. He argues that
Students may easily lose their attention and concentration with easy access to such incredibly rich store of information. With such new technologies as television, internet and social networks, people nowadays tend to multitask more often as they have easy access to large amount of information. However, such easy access may sometimes be a distraction. Study report “Your Brain on Computers” shows that heavy multitaskers perform up to 20% worse on most tests compared to performance of light multitaskers. Working efficiency of people, who multitask, are claimed to be significantly lower. The same is with concentration. As a result, they are not engaged in working process. Students tend to be easily distracted with this situation. For example, combining doing homework with operating on Twitter, phone or YouTube results in poor engagement of a student into deep thinking process, according to Winifred Gallagher, who is the author of Rapt. He also points out that nowadays high school and college students have decreased capacity of serious thinking because of multitasking and distraction. Moreover, Tyler Cowen, economist and famous blogger, claims that nowadays information tends to come in shorter and smaller portions and that explains why our generation encourages short reading. Since online information is always presented in short written passages, the web prevents user from concentration and contemplation. As an illustration, Nicholas Carr, the speaker at MIT and Harvard,
Cell phones and the computers are similar to each other in many different ways. One of the most common similarities is the internet aspect. With everyone connected to the internet, the adverse effects can spread throughout like a virus. “A Nielsen study released in 2010 indicated that texting was the primary reason for purchasing mobile phones and that text communication had become a "’centerpiece of mobile teen behavior.’" The modern smartphone of the 2010s is a powerful computing device, and the rapid and ongoing development of new applications provides users with a growing number of ways to use mobile phones for recreation, productivity, and social communication” (Issitt 2016). In the following Issitt states, “however, as smartphones have become more common, concerns about the detrimental effects of smartphone use have also increased.” (Issitt 2016). Issitt expresses the large growth of people with smartphones has its positives and negatives. The positives being the ability to communicate, but the negative being the effects on relationships with one another. An example of the negative side of things is the lack of interaction with people. People are more likely to call or text instead of interacting with one another. The lack of interaction can ruin relationships, or make people feel unwanted. In the article “Eurasian Journal of Educational Research,” the writer states that the internet, “can transform into an addictive instrument in excessive usage situations.” (Gunduz 2017). The statement explains the issue of the unnecessary use of the internet as a growing addictive process that is taking over more and more
In the same article that supports technology, Richtel states, “Humans can process only a single stream of information at a time.” Americans rarely stay on task when they are on their phone, swayed by the desire to check social media or play a game. Cell phone users oftentimes claim that they can multitask. However, research shows that this is impossible and that those individuals are delusional. In reality, they switch back and forth between their phones and work, causing them to waste time.
Our information likewise firmly recommended that multitasking was essentially intercorrelated with unnecessary cell phone and Facebook utilization. All things considered, multitasking on cell phones does not appear to damage scholarly results for this gathering of undergrads. This discovering appears differently in relation to a prior study that discovered a negative relationship between Facebook use and math grades among African American and Hispanic adolescents (E. B. Lee, 2014). One of the astounding discoveries of the study concerns identity qualities. None of the identity qualities including extroversion, appropriateness, neuroticism, and honesty was a noteworthy indicator of cell phone and Facebook habit in the present examination, relating with finishes of Ross et al. (2009). The brief scales utilized (Mini-IPIP) might not have caught full measurement of the characteristics of this specific specimen. Restrictions and Implications for Future Research Although this exploratory study analyzed a vital theme and added new data to the developing group of examination, it was completed with a few impediments. To begin with, the accommodation inspecting utilized as a part of the study does not permit speculation of the outcomes to all inclusive community. Future exploration ought to be reached out to African American understudies
Most college students use a computer at home and/or a smartphone, a more compact, mobile version of a computer. Thanks to the mobility of smartphones that makes them ubiquitous, accessing the internet is effortless. Frequently, I observe students dotting all over the campus interacting with their smartphones. As observed by Clive Thompson, author of “Smarter Than You Think,” “our tools are everywhere, linked with our minds, working in tandem (p.347).” In other words, we are likely to be using our computers all the time. We use our computers whenever we have a chance. In particular, students from my writing class opt to use their smartphones during our short ten minutes break. Author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr shares a similar experience, “Even when I’m not working, I’m as
Education: When devices were introduced years ago at schools, and students were allowed to use their personal devices at the classrooms, it was considered a big advantage in the learning environment. For Turkle, this situation has added not only distraction to the classrooms, also has contributed to the atrophy of the ability for taking notes and reading. According to the studies, when students are in classes multitasking on laptops or smartphones, everyone around them learns less. They are doing different things at the same time, and even when they think are being more productive, are less. According to the author, multitasking is depleting focus on the main point.
Many people believe that bringing cell phones to school may cause distractions. However, a recent study leads more and more people to believe that mobile phones could in fact be a “powerful learning tool” (Docksai), serving as a mobile computer ("Cell Phones in the Classroom” ). Elizabeth Hartnell- Young, a research fellow from the University of Nottingham tracked 331 students from 14 to 16 years old, for learning through cell phones. They used cell phones to make short videos, set homework reminders, record poems, and transfer files from home to school (Docksai). Students described their learning experience as “motivated” (Docksai). Many experts pointed out that students have a “deep comfort level” with mobile phones (Docksai). In other words, students could learn more if they enjoyed what they were doing. An increasing number of teachers have changed their point of view towards cell phones, many now believe that cell phones would exert positive effects on education. For example, some teachers have already started to collect homework online and answer questions through text- messaging. A school in Saskatchewan encouraged students to read and share thoughts about books through their cell phones (Docksai). Furthermore, according to a recent survey, the majority of students could refrain from using cell phones and not be distracted by them in class. In fact, over 71% of students didn’t
Today the social networking has become the most important tool for people to connect with each other and get recent news instantly. However, along with all these benefits that internet is fast and easy way to communicate, there are also many cons of using the internet. Especially for college students, internet and more specifically the social networking is not a good tool for their reading habits and grades. The reading is perhaps the most important skill for students to succeed in college, thus poor reading will lead to an unsatisfactory grade. In this blog post I will analyze if too much usage of internet browsing and social networking has any effect on University of Arizona students reading habit and their grade.In most college classes, reading assignment is the most common assignment. When students read to understand certain books or articles, they are able to interpret the information by their own brain, making students critical thinkers and patient students. Nevertheless, in recent
It is the year 2017 I am astonished to say that out of 1,721 high schools and 1,266,505 high school students in the state of Texas, the educational testing service and the Texas education agency still cannot determine the answer to this mystifying question. We live in an age of information and an increasing need for automation in every aspect of everyday life. Is technology ruining our since of face to face communication?
Furthermore, the internet damages students’ interpersonal skills. Social media and instant messaging are major communication tools for students, which lead them to have few opportunities to talk in person. Recently, a multi-functional cell phone can replace a computer with internet access. There is a study in England that found that almost forty-percent of students surveyed said they could not live without their cell phones (Birdwell, 2007). Also, nearly ten-percent of students said that using cell phones caused them to lose their relationships and jobs (2007). Besides, through online education, students cannot get face-to-face instruction from professors and also lose their chances to communicate with classmates.
The article focuses on the distraction of mobile devices in the college classroom. Brenner explains that they are distracting to not only the person using them, but the people around them as well. Through her research, she found that the people sitting next to multitaskers on their laptops tended to score lower on tests than those without the distraction. On that note, she states that people “are not wired to multi task”. Through a study, she found that texting during lectures caused a decrease in student’s ability to take notes, pay attention, and perform well on tests. She also found that the use of laptops
Furthermore, as communication and writing skills diminish our school performance begins to be affected. The entertainment of mobile devices distracts nearly every student in the classroom whether it is texting, or playing games, or surfing the net. Mobile devices also play a big role in communication by making it possible for students to easily communicate with each other when they should not be. The power to communicate with virtually anyone is a major distraction. Some teens are so attached to their technological devices they sleep with phones on and wake up to answer text messages they get at night. When kids have cell phones in their classrooms they are extremely distracted from what is actually being taught. They are looking down and playing their games or going on social networking sites instead of listening to their teachers. With the constant distraction of technology and teens short attention spans reading and writing skills have suffered significantly and vocabularies are shrinking. This relates to their education and their ability to do well in school. Another problem is that technology provides students with the ability to explore numerous search engines for any problem they come across and copy them word for word. It seems that students don’t spend time thinking; they are simply repeating information instead of learning concepts and ideas. When students do this, they do not actually learn the