Today we bring you a new article on the impact of "screen time" on learning. As you will note from some of our previous articles the more time children spend on e-devices (phone, tablet, computer) the less they learn and retain. The report comes to use from PsyPost written by Beth Elwood and titled: Reading on a smartphone promotes over activity in the prefrontal cortex and lowers reading comprehension. The original article can be read at: https://www.psypost.org/2022/04/reading-on-a-smartphone-promotes-overactivity-in-the-prefrontal-cortex-and-lowers-reading-comprehension-study-finds-62848?fbclid=IwAR0yJl0lXkWhsrbdkfUY-M5c5fQL1wkk6cKiDQkxKII09W22bUbMw6zI6EM Here's the article in its … [Read more...]
Groundbreaking study examines effects of screen time on kids
60 Minutes goes inside a landmark government study of young minds to see if phones, tablets and other screens are impacting adolescent brain development. This story is by 60 Minutes and Anderson Cooper. He interviews experts and, in the video, you get details from the researchers. Give it a read/listen and then share with others who worry about toddlers or should... Your local schools, by moving to computers, compound this problem. At some point a parent is going to sue tech companies and schools and claim brain damage to their children. If you have kids and wonder if all that time they spend on their smartphones endlessly scrolling, snapping and texting is affecting their … [Read more...]
Should cell phone use during school be banned?
Distractions. Games. Texting. Surfing the web. How much time do students with smart phones spend using them during the school day? Does the use of cell phones detract from the educational experience? Does learning suffer? From an article at: https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/when-smartphones-go-school In the United States, 73 percent of teens own or have access to a smart phone. A mere 12 percent have no cell phone. Those numbers come from a 2015 survey by the Pew Research Center in Washington, D.C. Some 90 percent of teens with cell phones send texts. The typical number is 30 texts per day. That’s the median number from the Pew data. Additionally, the Pew report … [Read more...]
A new study shows that students learn way more effectively from print textbooks than screens
Computers make learning better, more efficient, faster...right? Tablets. social media, online testing...all are better ways to educate our children...right? The following article is another example of how physical books, physical handwriting, hand note taking...all do a better job. Rather than blindly follow the herd perhaps consider learning more about the value of traditional learning methods vs. the new? Ask those who promote computer learning for evidence...proof that new is better? This article comes to us from The BusinessInsider. Writers are Patricia A. Alexander and Lauren M. Singer Today's students see themselves as digital natives, the first generation to grow up … [Read more...]