Flow Higher Education Thesis

negative impacts of technology in classroom

Trevor Albrecht

Distractions in the classrooom

Weakened attention span

With technology given to the classrooms, it gives them access to apps and websites they can access that will get them off-topic. According to a research study at Reedy High School, out of 159 students, about 59% feel social media interrupts their studying habits sometimes, while 35% feel like it is always interrupting their education.

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Decreasing humanity rolls

education out of reality

Technology allows students to have access to information and websites to create online teaching and learning, causing teaching to be in a virtual realm instead of in-person. This can be a threat to teachers' professions as students engage with instructors online, causing a loss of interpersonal skills and reducing our "Collective Humanity" (Kemp et al., 2014

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Schools transitioning into technology-based learning will face a higher cost of obtaining technology, ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars, not including subscriptions to online learning resources and software.

Cost

increasing expences for students, educators and schools

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