Attention span

Children forget the importance of paying attention to their surroundings and focus on their phones instead. This is potentially a very dangerous habit. Plus, kids miss out on the world around them as a result. Lastly, distracting notifications are constantly pinging on children's smartphones. Notifying them of every group text message coming through to every “like” on Facebook. Although children may enjoy keeping in touch with their friends and the attention they are attracting, this is a constant

Classroom Observation Memphis Intermediate School is located in the city of Memphis, TN. It is comprised of grades 3-5 with a total enrollment of 464 students and a student/teacher ratio of 20. Memphis has been in operation for only seven years and is a public school. The ethnicity of the student body is largely White at 86%, followed by Hispanic 6%

Textbooks or Chromebooks? “Should we replace textbooks with Chromebooks?” Schools across America are trading the traditional tool of a textbook for the advanced technology of a chromebook or other form of gadget especially computerized devices. This is based on the accessibility of internet for extra information, and tracking on electronic assignments, as well as saving and accessing documents anywhere. Chromebooks and tablets are replacing textbooks; this has effects on students performance because

Kaitlyn McKenzie The Violence of Being Human Essay #2 6/24/15 A picture’s worth 1,000 words Does a picture say more than a video? A writer both gains and loses leverage over the message of feeling he or she is trying to convey. Most humans would argue different things. Some would say they conceive more from a picture because of their ability to use their imagination and challenge themselves to a greater level. Others would argue that they appreciate more from a video because they are left without

Remember when you were in class, and just couldn’t bring yourself to pay attention to that boring lesson on how to use the quadratic equation? You probably thought of your favorite television show, or texting that one attractive person on Facebook, right? Well, many people seem to believe that this social media is to blame for your attention span. Virginia Heffernan, however, wrote an essay for the New York Times titled the “Attention-Span Myth” not believing that to be the case. Despite not having some

Drivers come in many different types, and each has their own characteristics. When you are driving, you can encounter a lot of different types of drivers. The four most known ones are the aggressive driver, the speeder, the kind driver, and the multitasker. All four of these characteristics are very different so you will be able to tell which drivers fall in which categories. Every driver has a destination they are trying to reach and these four characteristics of drivers have a different way of

Emotions can be seen as a weakness, but in other ways emotions can be seen as a strength; some emotions can cause a person to achieve higher while others can cause them to fail harder. I believe that almost every person in the world has one part of their personality, he or she wishes he or she could change. One emotion I wish I could change would be my irritability. In Tagolog, we have this term we say when someone is easily irritated, its called, “pikon” (pee-koe-n). Throughout my 22 years of life

An unexpected imitation test was the then conducted with the owner asking the dogs to remain on the blue carpet and pay attention to a chosen demonstrated action from table S1. Once they have demonstrated this action a predetermined retention interval, the time between the demonstrated action and the “Do it!” command, of one minute or one hour would be waited before the owner gave the dog the “Do it!” command. This test requires the assumption that a successful imitation of the demonstrated action

There are several ways to distract the driver. These drivers rarely pay attention to the roads. You may be driving down the road and see other drivers on their cellphones. They can be texting or simply talking on the phone. These people can easily run a stop light or stop sign and put themselves in danger. Most might say even

Digital Distraction in the College Classroom Digital distraction is the addiction that one has to the internet, their phone or any form of digital technology. This is constantly becoming a bigger problem in this day and age as technology is advancing and new electronics are constantly being released. These nonstop advancements are having a big impact on education, especially in the college classroom. Being digitally distracted can do a lot to a person, considering the fact that the phone and internet