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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Great article and comments, but disappointing how little easy research WaPo does when discussing health and privacy dangers of technology in K-12 education. Yes, smartphones in class are distracting, but big carrots like playing "games" on the PC are as well. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2018/04/06/new-research-teachers-deeply-concerned-about-digital-devices-but-parents-take-rosier-view/?utm_term=.63da89c1608d[/quote] How apropo. Headline: New research: Teachers deeply concerned about digital devices When asked, “Do you believe that students’ use of digital devices such as smartphones, tablets and computers has helpful or harmful effects” in the area of mental health, 69 percent of teachers said digital devices have been “mostly harmful.” Fifty-five percent of teachers think the devices have a “mostly harmful” effect on students’ physical health as well. But perhaps the biggest change she sees in her students is how much trouble they have thinking through problems. “Everything is so instantaneous to kids, and they expect answers to questions right away,” she said. “There’s a downside in that it doesn’t help our kids wrestle with the gray area or complexity.” Instead, she says she sees many students pulled into the devices as an escape, not getting outside, getting exercise, learning to think deeply. “I think it’s affected their ability to think, to reason, to have a higher order of thinking,” she said. When she considers when she started teaching 28 years ago vs. now, students’ “ability to sit down and take the time they need to think out a problem has drastically changed. And I think a lot of that has to do with digital technology.” [/quote]
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