Growing Up Digital, Wired for Distraction - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Students have always faced distractions and time-wasters. But computers and cellphones, and the constant stream of stimuli they offer, pose a profound new challenge to focusing and learning.
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“Their brains are rewarded not for staying on task but for jumping to the next thing,”
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Unchecked use of digital devices, he says, can create a culture in which students are addicted to the virtual world and lost in it.
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