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    doesn 't. If children are using the internet for the right purpose they are learning, but it is so easy to get distracted by ads or mobile games and use the internet for other things than school work. People are inventing new ways to stop those distractions such as ad blockers, setting specific hours of games and homework. People have had different opinions about if the internet has made children smarter or not, my research is here to prove if the internet has helped children learn more or less.

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    Try imagining ourselves get stuck in a pristine island, where internet access is not available. Ask ourselves, would us be able to live without scrolling our Facebook and Instagram to see what ours friends are doing, googling things to seek for information or watching videos on YouTube to entertain ourselves. We definitely could survive that way, but our days would be dull and lifeless since we could not do what we were accustomed to in our daily life. The truth is we rely on Internet too much nowadays

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    Mobile Phone Effect

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    What is the effect of cell phone in class? When it came to distraction in class we have to mention cell phone. We have to agree that cell phone is a distraction in class. It is a tool that has two edge sword. If it is coming to a helpful tool we have to mention cell phone, but what good it do if we are using in the wrong way. Students have to agree that cell phone is a distraction tool and they need to find a way to not use it. The cell phone is a tool that if you use it too much, you will face a

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    Cell phones and technology in general has advanced a lot over the last ten years. Allowing students to be able to take their phones or devices wherever they want in today’s society. Thus bringing forward the issue of cell phone distraction in the classroom. “Concerns about cell phones in the classrooms are also grounded in what we know about teenage brains, including the inability to concentrate while multi tasking and possibly long term effects on overall health” (12) Multitasking is hard enough

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    own cell phones, as of 2010. The use of cell phones in the classroom has been a debate for quite some time. Many believe that they could contribute to learning and understanding information, while others believe that smartphones can be a major distraction. Cell phones should not be allowed in the classroom. They distract and disrupt, computers have been a reliable source, and they can influence cyberbullying. Cell phones can be very disruptive and distracting, especially during a class. In the

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    School Phones In School

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    about their phones being taken away and concentrate on their work. Phones are bad for school and can be used to do horrible things by students. Phones can distract students from doing their work. Texting, social media, and games are the main distractions on phones. Everyday the students are texting in class.They get an update on the texts that come in. It upsets teachers to see that their students do not pay attention. Jeff is a bad student. He is always texting in class. The teacher is always

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    It is possible to imagine that human nature, the human intellect, emotions and feelings are completely independent of our technologies; that we are essentially ahistorical beings with one constant human nature that has remained the same throughout history or even pre-history? Sometimes evolutionary psychologists—those who belief human nature was fixed on the Pleistocene Savannah—talk this way. I think this is demonstrably wrong. Consider ancient technologies, for example: cooking. When ancient hunter-gatherers

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    Perils Of Teen Drivers

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    in 963,000 crashes in 2013 resulting in 383,000 injuries and 2,865 deaths (Distractions and Teen Crashes: Even Worse than We Thought). Distractions such as cell phones and rowdy passengers cost many people thousands of dollars and even cost some their lives. Teenage drivers are among the largest group of distracted drivers, allowing many distractions to take their eyes and minds from the road. Teenagers allow distractions to negatively affect their driving. Teenage drivers take their eyes off the

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    have fallen into two camps: those who believe cellphones, laptops, and tablets should be allowed in class, to assist with instruction and to model responsible usage of the devices, and those who believe the devices should be banned, to eliminated distractions.” (Gose) Students are get digitally distracted by texting, checking their social media pages, or even playing games on your phone. Texting is one of the main causes of students being digital distracted in the classroom. “if you use a digital

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    Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. Distraction is caused by: the lack of ability to pay attention; lack of interest in the object of attention; or the great intensity, novelty or attractiveness of something other than the object of attention. Distractions come from both external sources, and internal sources. External distractions include factors such

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