Skip to main content

Home/ Rowland Foundation/ Group items tagged cellphones

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Jason Finley

Is Google Making Us Stupid?: What the Internet is doing to our brains - 1 views

www.theatlantic.com/...306868

technology cellphones

shared by Jason Finley on 13 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 13 Jun 13
     
    "...Thanks to the ubiquity of text on the Internet, not to mention the popularity of text-messaging on cell phones, we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was our medium of choice. But it's a different kind of reading, and behind it lies a different kind of thinking..."
  • Jason Finley on 13 Jun 13
     
    Colin, I immediately thought of your work when I read this article.
Jason Finley

What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life - 4 views

blogs.hbr.org/...captures_your_attention_c.html

leadership cellphones technology

shared by Jason Finley on 10 Jul 12 - No Cached
  • Jason Finley on 12 May 13
     
    Colin, great to meet you yesterday. Here is that article on cell phones and what kids pay attention to that we were talking about. I wonder if you could get the research done by Disney?
  • ...2 more comments...
  • Jason Finley on 12 May 13
     
    "A few years ago, DisneyWorld executives were wondering what most captured the attention of toddlers and infants at their theme park and hotels in Orlando, Florida. So they hired me and a cultural anthropologist to observe them as they passed by all the costumed cast members, animated creatures, twirling rides, sweet-smelling snacks, and colorful toys. But after a couple of hours of close observation, we realized that what most captured the young children's attention wasn't Disney-conjured magic. Instead it was their parents' cell phones, especially when the parents were using them." If Disney can't compete with cell phones in the Magic Kingdom...how can we in the classroom? So is the solution to ban...or to integrate? I have mixed feelings on this.
  • anonymous on 15 May 13
     
    Daniel T. Willingham, a cognitive scientist at UVA was really clear about this: if it's important, multitasking is not OK. When we multitask, there is a cognitive cost associated with this that we must pay. He says young brains are better than older brains at this, but only to a point. And that we don't truly multitask, we go back and forth quickly between two tasks. Just today, trying to contrast two poems about Helen of Troy, and in the midst of our work...buzz, buzz, buzz go the text notifications.
  • Jason Finley on 16 May 13
     
    Colin, I'm not sure what direction your research is heading, but the idea of balancing technology with Mindfulness and being Present is an interesting one that I don't know has been really touched on. Here is a recent article from the NY Times that relates... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/23/your-money/mindfulness-requires-practice-and-purpose.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "...scans show mindfulness may change the way our brains function and help us improve attention..." Could be a way for students' brains to reset and refocus after using technology?
  • Mike McRaith on 16 May 13
     
    Colin, I would weigh in again on this topic by saying...can't wait to see all of your research! Enosburg may be a good test pool or a place that really will need your findings. As I have mentioned we are a 1-1 Ipad school grades 6 through 12. I also will be interested to see how the larger cultural conversation goes on this topic. I have noticed more cell phone jokes from comedians, more reference to texts in sitcoms and movies as well. AND, as you know, there is and will much more talk about digital addictions. Initial brain-scans connect the pattern to gambling addicts. Interesting stuff! See you soon-
1 - 2 of 2
Showing 20▼ items per page