Are you aware that technology in schools actually decreases learning?

Question

Please watch this short video and then post an opinion. What do you think?

ohsheeT · Accepted Answer

Yes this is what pisses me off about the elected officials that we have representing us all Japan China Sweden every other country even third world countries are teaching their kids more than America is teaching our kids

Now if that doesn't prove something to you about our government having a different agenda than most other countries I don't know what would because any president any Congressman any senator would demand that we teach our kids more and we teach our kids better

Our politicians are failing us they have failed us already
It has been going on for years and parents with kids that are going to school should be throwing fits should be down at their school asking why

Like I said think about everything that you have learned in the last past 5 years about our government and ask yourself what in the fuck are they doing nothing little by little day by day they make something happen like I said they have an agenda and it's going to get to the point if we don't all acknowledge it and do something about it we're not going to be able to

WindAtMyBack · Accepted Answer

This has been known for some time now, and I have mentioned it several times on here. Two groups that tech seem to help are kids at the high and low end of intelligence. That's because it can allow them to learn at their own pace instead of a one-size-fits-all education system.

Hyperlinks mean not focusing on one thing, but constantly jumping around, picking up bits and pieces.

I use Duolingo for language, but it also has math which I've been doing to exercise that part of the brain. It helps you get the right answer, but does very little for obtaining a deeper grasp of why math works the way it does.

I've also advocated not using calculators in math class ever since calculators first came out. Calculators make you stupid.

The brain needs exercise, and a lot of tech takes that away. It makes it too easy. Using tech to avoid doing physical work makes people fat, and using tech to avoid brain work makes people stupid.

emeraldsaphire · Accepted Answer

Well 'm glad to be a millennial The smartest generation in human history! Sure I was born in the second to last year of the millennial era, but shut up.

I don't think it has anything to do with tech or schools, I think it's that parents stopped caring about their kids. Me and my husband are going to take the TV out of the living room once my baby is here and we aren't going to use our phones around her. No screens until she's 8 no personal devices till 10 no smartphone till 16. I've not looked into it yet, but we are going to do our best to teach her and get her ready for kindergarten.

FreyaRed · Accepted Answer

School System goes always the easiest way. It saves paper costs, copy time, makes hour long manual correction necessary etc. Those are factors which schools consider, not quality of teaching, because schools start to turn into facilities for teacher not for pupils.

Theunfadeable · Answer

I’m painfully aware and I’m not surprised. My grandmother and grandfather one of my mom sidehad high school educations raised 8 kids and put 6 of them to university off of public school high school diplomas.
my mom and dad got better and more solid education in public schools than I got in private school because schools back in the day kept it simple and focused on reading writing in math

no cart full of tablets and laptops, no goofy ass, cultural education initiatives, no standardized testing, no safe space pillow lounge. They just read books until they can comprehend what they readAnd practiced math and writing till they were competent. Apparently back then you could learn a trade in high school as well. The public school system used to be great in the US and the more They complicated it the less effective it got.

love_conquers_lust · Answer

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But it depends. Technology is a double edged sword. It depends on how you use it. Some argued that calculators and computers would make students terrible at arithmetic. While their skills did deteriorate somewhat, their other skills in advanced math greatly improved because they bogged down by cumbersome arithmetic.

Tarifa · Answer

Finland went even further, they stopped teaching klds cursive handwriting in favour of keyboard skills. I understand they are now reversing that process.

It's also very clear that people remember text better if they read it in book form or from a sheet of paper than on screen.

purplepoppy · Answer

It's been known for a long time that the act of physical writing something down with a pen helps it sink in. The motion of forming each letter and thinking of the spelling is far more effective than tapping a screen.

Lliam · Answer

What he says makes total sense.
I don't think the technology was brought into schools to benefit learning. The purpose was to sell technology and also get kids addicted to it in their daily lives.

Books, pencil/pen, paper, ... reading, writing, taking notes, figuring things out, learning how to think. That's how kids learn and grow. Not by passively watching videos, being told what to think, and memorizing information in order to pass standardized tests.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

No, it's how it's used and, mostly, what was said and who said it for that specific reason. If it's ONLY going to tell you the truth about things then, it's going to be quite helpful! It's really no different from book learning. It depends on what's said and why and how well you retain it.

Massageman · Answer

When I think go how much I learned before even starting school, vs what some of my grandkids haven't even learned yet IN school, I can see why both of my daughters now homeschool. "Think about homeschooling" by S. Glenn is a great resource for all those who are ALSO fed up with public schools. Both of my daughters loved it.

Shiprex · Answer

YES it's a distraction and a hindrance. I've taught HIGH school since before computers were an essential and kids attention and ability is now so out of range like teaching kids and pets in the same space.

Spencer10 · Answer

Well thats logical... the more you use tech and less you use your brain the result should be obvious.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I would hope that is common sense for most people, but I have my doubts.

exitseven · Answer

Technology is a tool. If teachers use it as a babysitter it defeats the purpose.

KostasKouvalis · Answer

If that's the case, how do you explain Africa? They have no tech in schools and have the lowest IQs?

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I imagine that depends on how it's used. If you leave kids alone with the internet they will learn all the wrong things.

LC75LC71 · Answer

Tell that to every smartphone you see.. We have these amazing pieces of tech that fits in a pocket, yet intelligence decreases.

Staximus · Answer

Technology is turning us all into helpless idiots who don't know how to do anything for themselves

jamesgoldman · Answer

Yeah but hey I'm pretty anti-technology at the best of times

Jeff51 · Answer

Not enough opening those old books to learn.

AyChingao · Answer

This would teach them something about operating the bit of technology used, nothing more.

Xawyx-2 · Answer

I know, and I think they should reduce the usage of technology in schools (especially by banning smart-phones).

In_Trance · Answer

There is no learning in schools anyway. Only social interaction

strateguy632 · Answer

Good examples!

BCRanger10 · Answer

I could have told anyone that years ago.

nolabels · Answer

AMEN!!!

AgentG111 · Answer

Yup!

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