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Tech addiction 'harms learning'
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Technology addiction among young people is having a disruptive effect on their learning, researchers have warned. Their report concluded that modern gadgets worsened pupils' spelling and concentrati…

Tagged: culture, teaching, learning, ict

Started this discussion. Last reply by karla Nov 21.

Cyberbullying is Life-Threatening

** Holly Grogan was 15 years old. She died in September 2009 after she jumped 30 feet from a road bridge onto a busy dual carriageway and was hit by passing traffic. She had endured a torrent of abus…

Tagged: risk, safety, internet

Started Oct 3

Internet Safety, the ‘Moral Panic’ of our age?
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As another day dawns I have been watching the BBC news, and yet another discussion about the dangers of the Internet. It all seems so reactive to me – then again I know that the press have their own…

Tagged: Safety, Internet

Started this discussion. Last reply by Denise M. Carter Oct 3.

 

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karla replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
hello Denise and others :) as i have mentioned in other blogs i have home educated my five offspring,, like everyone else they are unique individuals,, i agree with maria and bob in that the term addicted can be used without too serious a considera…
November 21
Marla Coffey replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Lisa, I was able to make contact with my friend in the news business, and here's what she says about the local news topic: "In a nutshell, ratings for local news have spiraled downward as cable news and the web continue to be the easier more convi…
November 16
RZONZ / Joe Frost - Founder/ CEO replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
I'm not convinced that any research using less than a 1% sample rate really provides anything statistically relevant... except perhaps a stimulating conversation of opinion.
November 14
Marla Coffey replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Hi, Lisa, It's good to see a fellow MDE colleague here (that's Master of Distance Education at UMUC...Sorry for the shameless plug, but this program is directly responsible for every professional advancement I've had in the last 5 years). Now, wha…
November 11
Marla Coffey replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Hi, Karl, You might want to check with Rzonz, a member of ours who is actively involved in teaching exactly what you're talking about through the social networking site that he has developed. It is very much like Facebook or Myspace but is closed t…
November 11
Robert E. Watson replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
I think it's critical for educators to realize that the web is predominantly a print medium ... and likely always will be due to the ease/speed with which print (as opposed to podcast or video) can 1) be transferred to a web page or 2) absorbed as k…
November 11
Marla Coffey replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
I agree, Bob, and I also question the whole idea of young teenagers self-reporting that they are "addicted" to technology. If the question says something like this: How addicted are you to technology? a. not addicted b. slightly addicted c. moderat…
November 6
Bob Plants replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
I don't know how you can jump from those statistics from a survey of only 267 student to making the statement about that these technologies are disruptive to their learning. It is the group that did the study that jumped to the conclusion. The repor…
November 6
Lisa Marie Blaschke replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
The lead-in to the article is: "Their report concluded that modern gadgets worsened pupils' spelling and concentration, encouraged plagiarism and disrupted lessons." Kids (and adults) aren't going to give up the cool tools and gadgets, so how can m…
November 6
Karl Royle replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Ok, Isn't this about the match or fit between schooling and social use of technology. Kids have their own digital geographies that they maintain when out of school. THey aren't able to hang out in the real world so the hang out online in their own…
November 6
Marla Coffey replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
In looking over this whole discussion, a few thoughts have crossed my mind, like butterflies that I want to capture...or gnats maybe. You be the judge. :) I agree that modern communication technologies have worsened students' spelling, concentratio…
November 5
Reid Cornwell replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Late Friday my FaceBook account crashed. It provided connection to 500 of my newest and perhaps closest friends. I have been in a state of paralysis all weekend. I have had to take meds for high blood pressure and to drink more coctails than usual.…
October 18
David smith replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Hi I am new to this group, but it looks fascinating! My context (for interests of full disclosure) is that I am a professor at a college of technology. Thus I have a vested interest in technology and as a result I have a built in bias towards it. T…
October 18
Reid Cornwell replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
A goup of 267 subjects, randomly selected, could be a statisticly predictive sample. The question resolves to sampling method not the sample size.
October 11
RZONZ / Joe Frost - Founder/ CEO replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
267 pupils. Call me crazy, but 267 in a generation of millions using technology and suddenly they're addicted? That's like saying my generation, no, my high school graduation class was addicted to driving cars.
October 11
Reid Cornwell replied to Denise M. Carter's discussion 'Tech addiction 'harms learning''
Denise, I a relate article it appears that many people are disaffected with social networks. see: http://tcfir-blog.ning.com/forum/topics/wired-and-tired
October 10

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