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gocloud

Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? | UCLA - 1 views

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technology decline critical thinking debate literacy analysis

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  • Reading for pleasure, which has declined among young people in recent decades, enhances thinking and engages the imagination in a way that visual media such as video games and television do not, Greenfield said.
  • "However, most visual media are real-time media that do not allow time for reflection, analysis or imagination — those do not get developed by real-time media such as television or video games. Technology is not a panacea in education, because of the skills that are being lost.
  • "Reading for pleasure is the key to developing these skills. Students today have more visual literacy and less print literacy. Many students do not read for pleasure and have not for decades."
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  • "Studies show that reading develops imagination, induction, reflection and critical thinking, as well as vocabulary,"
  • Among the studies Greenfield analyzed was a classroom study showing that students who were given access to the Internet during class and were encouraged to use it during lectures did not process what the speaker said as well as students who did not have Internet access. When students were tested after class lectures, those who did not have Internet access performed better than those who did.
  • Another study Greenfield analyzed found that college students who watched "CNN Headline News" with just the news anchor on screen and without the "news crawl" across the bottom of the screen remembered significantly more facts from the televised broadcast than those who watched it with the distraction of the crawling text and with additional stock market and weather information on the screen.
  • nbmccormick on 09 Sep 14
     
    An article from a great source on why technology is hurting critical thinking. We can use his research to also say since people no longer need to remember things like they used to, because it's all at their finger tips, then this hurts literacy. Also the amount of information you get while reading is not the fast paced information the new generation is used to so they are no longer reading to get information.
etrick

Misinformation Debate Group B - 4 views

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started by torpetey on 09 Sep 14 1 follow-up, last by etrick on 10 Sep 14
gocloud

Is Technology Affecting Teens' Education Negatively? | LIVESTRONG.COM - 0 views

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  • Using Fewer Basic Skills
  • One of the major concerns about technology in the classroom is that it prevents students from developing and using basic literacy, math and communication skills, all of which are essential in both day-to-day living and working life. The exclusive use of computer-based tools such as spelling and grammar checkers, as well as calculators, enable students to complete assignments without knowing how to manually perform those same functions.
  • Technical Difficulties
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  • A common problem in classrooms is the failure of technology due to technical difficulties. While equipment is being repaired, students experience delays in their learning. This counteracts the time-saving benefits of technology.
  • A Distraction in the Classroom
  • A serious negative effect of technology on teens' education is the distraction that it may pose within the learning environment. The opportunity to access social network sites and games can tempt students away from planned learning activities. Such distractions can hamper their overall progress and their potential to succeed.
rboyfig

Article Findings: Children who read on iPads or Kindles have weaker literacy skills and... - 2 views

"The advance of technology means that young people who read on a screen have weaker literacy skills and fewer children now enjoy reading, experts have said." "A survey, conducted by The National L...

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gocloud

How social media and technology is making our society illiterate by sean clawson on Prezi - 1 views

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  • Using devices like spell check are hurting us because it teaches use how not to remember a word, just type in something that looks like it and the answer will pop up. There are tons and tons of words that I have forgotten how to write because of spell check. In the modern age of communicating, texting has become the new fashion.
  • Using phrases like omg, brb, u, r, lmao are making it faster to send a message, but it is slowly making use more illiterate.
  • Also, I feel like students are now negatively influenced by apps such as Twitter and Facebook. I constantly see the misuse of your, you’re, there, their, they’re and so on.
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  • The use of texting, spell check and the internet and slowly making us more illiterate and moving use in the opposite derection of what we should be going in.
  • Texting is teaching us how to spell words wrong, and sometimes we can’t spell them right anymore. Shorting words like U and R, are making us illiterate.
  • I (Dan) can say that I have been affected by this because sometimes, when typing, I will abbreviate things or knowingly spell things wrong hoping that spellcheck will fix it for me.
  • A study from CNW’s news team found in Canada in 2010 that 4 in 10 adults struggle with low literacy. Children are at an even larger risk for being illiterate in adulthood because of their access to technology. According to a 2007 survey carried out by the U.K. Government Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), more than 4 in 5 children ages 5–15 have access to a home computer, and levels of Internet use are at 46% for 5- to 7-year-olds and 75% for 12- to 15-year-olds. Furthermore, children in the12–15 age group reported that use of the Internet was “the most important technology in their lives—more important than television” (DCSF, 2007). Ofcom, 2008, also say that 84% of girls compated to 75% of boys use the internet at least once a week for instant messaging. According to a study, 20% of students never read fiction or nonfiction books, but about 67% surf websites weekly. The study found that 20% of older students attributed their poor writing skills to the fact that they do not write much.
  • jwoody2014 on 10 Sep 14
     
    I agree that technology is making society illiterate. Spell check can be helpful, but it doesn't teach people how to remember that spelling of the word. They quickly change it and move on to the next item that needs fixed without even thinking. I think we depend on technology too much and it is starting to take away from our critical thinking skills.
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