Summarized by Saad Khan

As the technology becomes more and more affordable, its access becomes available to most of the students in the class. Students these days may bring devices like Chromebooks to their classrooms for their study. However, this comes with its own set of problems, distraction factor being at the top of the list.

Holly Korbey talks about her students’ study habit and how they keep distracted because of the technological distractions in the classroom. Some researchers claim that the classwork is not that difficult hence the students get distracted in the class. Although the possibility of no-tech policy is a bit extreme, we can talk with the parents to participate in digital distraction workshops together.

References:

Hertz, M. B. (2014, January 17). Digital Tools and Distraction in School. Edutopia. Retrieved from https://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-tools-distraction-in-school-mary-beth-hertz