Why Is Technology Distracted In The Classroom?

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A distraction is a task that prevents someone from giving their full attention to the task they were given. There has been an increase in the use of technology around the world and there are new technology advances made everyday. Technology has many uses like watching videos, getting into contact with your friends, and being able to contact family that live far away. Technology is even becoming more predominant in classrooms to prepare students for the future of the 21st century. Technology is distracting because of texting, social media sites, and being able to cheat by looking answers up on the internet. First, technology is a distraction because of texting. According to Cengage, sixty percent of students claim that texting is the major …show more content…

However, students that are using this technology in the classroom can use it to cheat by looking answers up on the internet. According to Cengage, twenty five percent of students revealed that during class time they used their technology to look up answers and cheat. So, there is a line between using technology as a resource and using technology to cheat and look up answers. When students are cheating they are not learning the information they were suppose to from the task that was assigned of them by their instructor. Janelle Cox also argues that technology helps students learn at their own pace. However, students are not learning at their own pace when they are more distracted by being able to play games by just opening up another tab on their computer. As stated by Cengage, forty five percent of students are distracted by playing games. Forty Five percent of the students that are supposedly learning at their own pace are really more tempted to opening another tab and playing games. Janelle cox believes technology is a useful resource in the classroom, but technology can lead to the overuse of the resources provided and become a distraction to students in the …show more content…

Sixty percent of the distraction in the classroom is texting. The students are more focused on texts they receive and the texts they are sending than about the task that was asked of the students by their instructors. Social media sites is the second major distraction from technology. Fifty nine percent of students are more worried about the latest headlines or the number of new “likes” that they have accumulated on their latest instagram post. Janelle Cox believe that technology is helpful in the classroom because it allows students to use resources and advance their learning skills. However, twenty five percent of students that are using this technology in the classroom are using it to cheat by looking answers up on the internet. Janelle Cox also believes that technology helps students learn at their own pace. However, forty five percent of the students that are learning at their own pace are more tempted to open a new tab on their computer and play games. The constant use of digital technology is hampering students attention spans and their ability to persevere in the face of challenging tasks, which only leads students in the wrong direction for the

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