How Do Digital Media Affect The Classroom?

In today’s society, college students spend a lot of time on their phones in the classroom, rather than paying attention in class. “Students are more distracted than ever. They tend to check their digital devices, particularly, their smartphones, on average of 11.43 times during class for non-classroom activities.” (Schaffhauser) Students do not pay attention, their grades go down, miss the lesson, some students even do it because they are bored and trying to make the time go by faster, sometimes your

Digital distractions are affecting the college classroom in many ways. First, let us establish what a digital distraction is. By definition to be distracted is “having one's thoughts or attention drawn away: unable to concentrate or give attention to something” (Distracted). To be digitally distracted is to just add technology to that. Digital distractions range from texting and driving to checking one’s phone when socializing with other people. These two examples are very noticeable in today’s society

students in the front, attentively taking notes, eagerly soaking in information to be used to pass their next test and nothing more. Gazing over the sea of people, however, one couldn’t help but notice the vast majority of people using some sort of digital technology; a sleek new MacBook Pro alternating between Facebook political rants, a fantasy team on the verge of a winless season, and a slideshow of ‘Ten Celebrities You Didn’t Know Have Been Arrested’. A girl in sweatpants and a tank top who didn’t

Digital etiquette is a modern variation of the old adage “treat others the way you want to be treated” (Behrens, n.d.) . This is an important yet difficult lesson to teach children in the digital age because they spend less time participating in face-to-face encounters and more time behind a screen. In fact children ages 8-18 spend approximately 7.5 hours using technology and social media (New Research, 2014). What makes this lesson so difficult is the fact that because children spend so much time

prevalent in all that we do. Never before in history have we been more connected to one another via digital mediums. From our laptops to our iPhones, social media and apps, how we communicate has been heavily influenced by the rise of technology across the globe. Further, technology has infiltrated our classrooms in profound ways. Not only do presentations call for technology, but with the rising use of iPads, Chromebooks, online/ blended learning approaches, and various media platforms in education

Currently, social media is the most popular method of communicating and interacting with others. It is a methodology to new media as it changes and evolves with our needs and expectations. Social media has evolved and adapted to become a huge part of our personal and professional lives. In today's standard in Canada, almost everyone has some form of social media, whether it's the standard e-mail or the popular, Facebook, YouTube or Twitter. The phenomenon of social media began in the 1970s with

Digital devices and social media have become so engrained in our everyday lives, it is easy to become oblivious to the impacts that they might have on an individual’s education and cognitive development. It is not uncommon to look around a learning environment of young adults and see an abundance of smart phones, laptops and tablets which can freely access the vast amount of social media sites and internet information. While some would argue it can have its advantages, this ‘Age of Distraction’

The words, “Today children are being born into this digital world. iPads are now in kindergarten classrooms, children are using software to learn about music composing in school, they’re going on virtual reality field trips, and it’s not so much families are sitting around one TV anymore” were said by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in 2016 ("Screen time for children might not be so bad after all, says pediatrician" 1). In today’s generation the use of the electronic devices is increased a

need technology in every classroom and in every student and teacher’s hand, because it is the pen and paper of our time, and it is the lens through which we experience much of our world.” But is that true? Technology is not only costly, but it also hinders the student’s health and grades. With the use of technology, students are no longer learning cursive which is an essential part of their learning. The health of the student is very important, especially if they want to do well in their studies;

themselves realistic and achievable goals. (Loreman, Deppeler and Harvery, 2011) Using ILPs supports personalised assessment for learning in using evidence and dialogue to identify where individualised are in their learning, where they need to go and how best to get there. ILPs are very important for the reflective teacher. Stephen Brookfield (1995) suggests we have four `critically reflective lenses' through which we can reflect on our teaching. These are: • our autobiographies as learners and