How Does Technology Immersion Shape the Brain?
The Tech Edvocate
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Website
Publication Date:
2018/11/19/
Sources ID:
116942
Collection:
Technology and Attention
Visibility:
Public (group default)
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Spread the loveDo you wonder what all of the screen time we have is really doing to our brains? As edtech continues to rise in prominence throughout the world, this is an important question that researchers are paying attention to. Both parents and teachers should know how technology immersion is fundamentally shaping the way students will think, focus, and behave. It is undeniable that it has some long-term effects that we should consider cautiously. Technology shortens our attention spans. Time Magazine famously announced that our attention spans are now shorter than that of a goldfish. They claimed that the change …