it is essential that there is a purpose, and pedagogic purpose to the activities we do with technology
f we stand a chance of having students ‘unplug’ themselves willingly and engage in ‘deeper thought’ more often than ‘superficial thought’ in their leisure or work, they must understand why deeper thought is more important, and why it is better to put it before the ‘rush’ and instant gratification of technology.
they are given direction and purposeful tasks to complete with the technology, and it is used for tasks that generally cannot be achieved through other means.
Likewise, it is up to learning managers to determine when to ask students and teachers to turn their devices off; that is, to unplug so we can talk, think, and collaborate face to face. On/Off. It's balanced. It's healthy.
The fact that their technology is so invisible to them is their Achilles Heel. Because they don't see it, they don't think to question it.