The Effect Of Computers On Concentration On A Task

Instead of starting homework, teens and others find themselves falling to distractions such as social media. A computet scientist named David Gelernterexpresses his concern by writing, "Our children's attention spans are too short already, but the Web is a propaganda machine for short attention spans" (Source E ). Teachers ulimately find themselves as rivals with technology. Students disregard teachers through phones, iPods, and more. If technology was introduced to schools, teachers would need to acwuire a compromise between distractions and

Multitasking, helpful or harmful? In Alina Tugend’s “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Um…Focus”, Tugend explores multitasking in several ways. Explaining how we as humans sacrifice focus “shifting focus from task to task gives illusion that we’re simultaneously tasking”. Also, how our brains react to operating and trying to do more than one task at once. Only one or two visual stimulants can activate our neurons at one particular time. Lastly, how we can recreate boundaries and cope with everyday life and multitasking. Tugend reiterates several times the importance of one task at a time so we as humans can effectively complete tasks to the best of our abilities instead of giving partial focus and not efficiently completely a task. Multitasking is very beneficial at times, but more often there are significant downfalls; it is crucial we learn how to manage the downfalls of juggling tasks, events, conversations, and daily events.

But in these days people are spending time in talking on the phone, chatting with their friends, or playing video games. Technology consumes more time than we think; once we get in to it, it going to take at least an hour to get rid of it. Many researchers indicate that American children spend an average of eight hours a day with media, including television, computer, and video games (Source 1). Opponents will say that student can score higher percentile when using computer-based instruction than student who received no computer (Source 2). It is true that student will score higher if they use computer, but the time that they spend with computer still matter. I don’t mean that computer-based instruction is bad but the time they spend on it is the problem. Students should not be allow to use computer more than 2-3

With the advent of smartphones, the pressure of distractions on modern life have skyrocketed. Whereas people used to drive to work with nothing but the radio and traffic to divert their attention, today they could receive emails, text messages, and phone calls (Samost, Perlman, Domel, Reimer, Mehler, Mehler, & McWilliams, 2015). In classrooms across the nation, professors battle with the smartphones of distracted students who never seem to put their phones down. With this instant access to information comes the additional burden of social pressure to answer immediately, leading many people to succumb to the temptation to answer the phone or text message while in traffic or an

Multitasking is a myth. There is no such thing as multitasking, if you multitask it will not be as good of work as if you don't multitask. Many experts have done studies and experiments on how multitasking hurts the brain and here is proof of that. Teens cannot effectively multitask because students feed on the resources they have to help them multitask, Students emotionally need and want to multitask, and teens cannot focus on more than one thing at a time.

The utilization of laptop computers in the home health setting may impact the patient’s perception of the nurse’s attentiveness to patient needs and concerns. The impression of distraction may be mitigated by assuring the nursing staff are comfortable with the laptop documentation prior to sending them into a patient’s home with the technology. Comfort with technology decreases the requirement to focus as intently on the computer (Jones & Richards, 2013).

In Alina Tugend’s article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Um…Focus,” the author discusses the dangers of attempting to multitask. Life in the twenty-first century tends to be fast paced which is one of the reasons why there is so much multitasking. Because we want everything fast, we try to get as many things accomplished in the shortest amount of time. According to “The Cost of Interrupted Work: More Speed and Stress,” a study that from April of 2007, while multitasking one is not able to produce as much. University of California professor Gloria Marks noticed that multitasking resulted in higher stress levels, workload, frustration, and pressure; such factors may bring about results that are less than acceptable.

The purpose of this study is to research the effect of technology on student behavior in the classroom. The specific objective of this research is to discover if there is a correlation between technology and ADHD.

Another limitation could be the environment the participants were in. This experiment was set up in different places. This happened because the experiment was conducted in school. Some of the participants had different classes and others were met in several locations. Numerous distractions might have occurred during the time of the experiment. Eight of the participants were tested in a classroom that might’ve been noisy because there was a substitute teacher. Other participants were recalled in the cafeteria, and that could’ve had an impact on the participants’ concentration.

Within the first experiment, they were studying whether or not multitasking affected a student’s ability to learn and retain information. Sana, Weston, and Cepeda (2012) hypothesized that “students who multitasked while attending the lecture would have significantly lower comprehension test scores than students who did not multitask.” (p. 25) The independent and dependent variables stem from one another. The independent variable was the students who were asked to do unrelated tasks online and at any convenient time during the lecture, and the students who asked to take notes on their laptops, which was the control group (Sana, Weston, and Cepeda, 2012). The dependent variable was the test scores. The results showed that students who did not multitask scored higher on the tests they took over the lecture, than the students who were asked to multitask. This experiment was considered an experiment because of its use of

Over the years, technology has increased in usage within many ways and has caused successful changes in a person’s lively routine. However, technology has evolved since the very beginning which concern has grown over the negative effects of its excessive use. Nicholas Carr’s article “Is Google Making Us Stupid” addresses the tendency of technology to create a sort of mental laziness where people look for instant answers rather than thinking for themselves. Daphne Bavelier, C. Shawn Green, and Matthew W.G. Dye have written in “Children, Wired: For Better and for Worse” on the transient and persistent effects of technology on children, particularly in terms of media exposure of television, movies, and video games. Additionally, Matt Richtel, writer for The New York Times, states in “Attached to Technology and Paying a Price” that the tendency of the brain to respond to immediate stimuli has a negative impact on the average user, ranging from disinterest to daily tasks to the risky behavior of texting and driving. Ultimately, these three articles agree that regardless of potential conveniences of heavy technology use, the tradeoff is something to be strongly considered.

The first negitive effect is stated on cnn.com, when you are multitasking it could take you longer to do two projects then to do them sepretly, you wont do nearly as good while doing two projects at the same time as you would doing one at a time. This shows you should work on one thing at a time if you want to get the projects done. Or, if you wanted to do them both at the same time you can take your time on both of the projects and you could think before you mess up the projects.

Do you ever find yourself relying on google? What if there was no google? Everyone is familiar with google and many individuals would start having a panic attack at the thought of no more google. We have become dependent on technology; for instance, the young generations mostly use their calculators to do every kind of math question so no brain power is needed. The truth is, technology can be compared to a gateway drug; it stimulates the brain, but more activity in the brain doesn't necessarily mean that its a good thing. Technology has rewired our brains to work a certain way, different from those who have very limited amount of internet or technology usage. In this paper, I will be arguing how using excessive amounts of technology on a daily

On Sunday at church they talked about Busyness and that most of us are being distracted from what is important in life. We were asked if we had distractions in our lives and I raised my hand. Towards the end we were asked to go home and make a list that we felt were distractions in our lives and last night I was having a hard time sleeping because after hearing what was said on Sunday it really has made me look at my busyness and distractions. I made that list last night of what I felt was distracting me and I found a commonality on my list. I looked at that list and thought to myself when did these become such a distraction that it is taking away from my work, and home life because I was so distracted by trying to avoid them and pretend

Multitasking is becoming very significant on the workplace to complete the task in less time. In fact, some people believe that multitasking saves time and can be done at all together. On the other hand, some people think that it is a distracting activity which leads to a lack of concentration. According to David Silverman, “In Defense of Multitasking”, multitasking is “crucial to survival in today’s workplace” (522). However, I do not agree because multitasking reduces productivity, increases stress levels and it is, especially, problematic for students.