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lluke1

Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis? | UCLA - 0 views

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technology decline critical thinking

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  • "By using more visual media, students will process information better," she 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.
  • lluke1 on 04 Nov 14
     
    this article creates a strong argument against technology being beneficial for literacy skills as it shows from two professors that technology actually created a decline in being able to comprehend what we learn since we have no time to actually process it.
emily15rowland

Texting, Twitter contributing to students' poor grammar skills, profs say - The Globe a... - 0 views

www.theglobeandmail.com/...article4304193

Literacy Texting Decline

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  • Cellphone texting and social networking on Internet sites are degrading writing skills, say even experts in the field.
  • emily15rowland on 05 Nov 14
     
    The sentence I highlighted above is the main thing I got out of this article. The whole article is worth reading though.
emily15rowland

Children who read on iPads or Kindles have weaker literacy skills, charity warns | Dail... - 0 views

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literacy technology decline

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  • emily15rowland on 05 Nov 14
     
    This article states how reading on electronic devices negatively affects their reading levels and causes a decline in literacy skills.
bmartin89

Entertainment Media Diets of Children and Adolescents May Impact Learning | Common Sens... - 0 views

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adolescents learning impact

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  • bmartin89 on 06 Nov 14
     
    "59% believe such media use has hurt students' abilities to communicate face to face; 58% say students' writing skills have been negatively impacted by their use of entertainment media; and"
bmartin89

Texting, TV and Tech Trashing Children's Attention Spans | Ellen Galinsky - 0 views

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texting attention skills literacy technology

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  • emily15rowland on 05 Nov 14
     
    This article doesn't specifically say digital literacy but it does say the technology is negatively affecting children's minds.
  • bmartin89 on 05 Nov 14
     
    "Nearly three quarters of the 685 public and private K-12 teachers surveyed in the Common Sense Media online poll believe that students use of entertainment media (including TV, video games, texting and social networking) "has hurt student's attention spans a lot or somewhat." Likewise, in the Pew online survey, which polled 2,462 middle and high school teachers, 87% report that these technologies are creating "an easily distracted generation with short attention spans," and 64% say that digital technologies "do more to distract students than to help them academically.""
emily15rowland

The advent of technology has negatively impacted literacy levels in our youth : Kaieteu... - 1 views

www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/...d-literacy-levels-in-our-youth

literacy technology Decline

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  • many of them are in no way – even remotely in some cases – equally skillful/competent in basic reading/comprehension; the world of literature seems completely lost and a novelty to many.
  • They struggle to read a sentence, cannot pronounce very simple words, so that the task of reading becomes a drudge, a painful and un-pleasurable activity.
  • In fact, the effect of their inventions/devices has had some negative influences on our young people.
  • emily15rowland on 05 Nov 14
     
    This one states the loss of 'basic reading/comprehension' due to the negative influence of 'inventions/devices'.
lluke1

Technology can impact brain development in good, bad ways | 9news.com - 1 views

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impact brain development

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  • "The downside is, our face-to-face human contact skills; looking someone on the eye, noticing the emotional expression on a face; those neural wires are weakening," Small said.
  • lluke1 on 05 Nov 14
     
    a great read that will strengthen our argument but from a developmental aspect of our brains. the only downfall may be that the article talks about early childhood. However this still aids our cause.
bmartin89

The 4 Negative Side Effects Of Technology | Edudemic - 1 views

www.edudemic.com/ive-side-effects-of-technology

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  • Let’s take a look at the top 4 ways that overuse of technology has influenced our children in an adverse manner:
  • 1. Elevated Exasperation
  • 2. Deteriorated Patience
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  • 3. Declining Writing Skills
  • 4. Lack of Physical Interactivity
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