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

  • 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."
moriahlynn

30 Reasons Reading Should Take Priority Over Technology and Social Media - Reading Hori... - 0 views

  • The internet and technology haven’t only impacted the way we read, but it has also created several distractions and alternatives to reading.  We are still reading via technology (text messages, status updates, and articles) but there are ever-increasing distractions from choosing to spend our time reading a book or other activities that build reading comprehension and fluency. 
moriahlynn

Impact of the Internet on Critical Reading and Writing Skills - 0 views

  • Researchers have conducted studies which they believe prove the internet has ‘rewired’ the way our brains absorb information. When you are searching the internet how long do you think you spend on a single page? (Hopefully you’re still on this page at this point!) Probably not very long. The internet offers so many gateways to other pages, that it has made it difficult for us to focus on one piece of information at a time. In other words: the internet is making us all a little more A.D.D.
  • "An adult's IQ can be influenced much either way by reading anything, and I would guess that smart people will use the Internet for smart things and stupid people will use it for stupid things in the same way that smart people read literature and stupid people read crap fiction.” -Sandra Kelly, 3M Corp.'s Market Research Manager
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    I definitely like the statement that says "...the internet has 'rewired' the way our brains absorb information."
adria toshok

Side note. As of 3pm tomorrow. - 39 views

  • moriahlynn
     
    I agree. I have skype, but I don't know how to do the team/group video chat. I wouldn't mind downloading TeamSpeak.
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  • moriahlynn
     
    I would be available probably around 9pm (Arizona time) tonight or after 5pm tomorrow night. I do have work and appointments during the day.
  • moriahlynn
     
    What time zones is everyone in? Arizona is technically in a timezone of it's own haha
  • moriahlynn
     
    What time would work for you, Adria?
  • moriahlynn
     
    What if we did a group AIM chat?
  • moriahlynn
     
    I won't be available at that time, since currently I am unavailable until 5:15ish Arizona time, as I will be at work, which is 8:15 est. I can continue to post in the group throughout the day, but I won't be ale to chat. I don't remember 3pm being an option, but maybe I missed reading a post.
  • moriahlynn
     
    I may have been wrong on what time it is est. it may be 7:17. what time is it where you are, Adria?
  • moriahlynn
     
    my username on aim is moriah_lynn and I am currently on at work. I will add you all right now.
  • moriahlynn
     
    I've added Tony, Matt, and Jana :)
Tony Phillips

Reminder - 4 views

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started by Tony Phillips on 13 Mar 14 no follow-up yet
  • moriahlynn
     
    Thanks for the clarification, tony! Is there anything else we need to know?
Tony Phillips

Traditional Literacy vs Media Literacy - 8 views

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started by Tony Phillips on 12 Mar 14 no follow-up yet
  • moriahlynn
     
    That's definitely a great question, Tony. Something we should look further into!
Jana Zills

Social networking and internet.... - 15 views

  • moriahlynn
     
    Also, with all the lingo that isn't used with the proper grammar or spelling, I think it hinders people. With all the abbreviations and short-hand text isn't necessarily helpful, it shows how lazy we are, and can hinder learning, in a sense.
  • moriahlynn
     
    I agree Jana, especially since people "speak the language" and yet, it's still not used properly when speaking. Because of short hand and abbreviations, the digital native generation's ability to decipher the difference between your, you're, and you are vs u r, is tanking, and quickly.
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