Tech addiction 'harms learning'

[Lite]

Technology addiction among young people is having a disruptive effect on their learning, researchers have warned.

Their report concluded that modern gadgets worsened pupils' spelling and concentration, encouraged plagiarism and disrupted lessons.

The study of 267 pupils aged 11 to 18 found 63% felt addicted to the internet and 53% to their mobile phones.

The research said technology drove a social lifestyle that involved a strong desire to keep in touch with friends.

The study - Techno Addicts: Young Person Addiction to Technology - was carried out by researchers at Cranfield School of Management, Northampton Business School and academic consultancy AJM Associates.

They used a written questionnaire to examine the nature and the volume of mobile phone calls and text messaging as well as computer use including e-mail, instant messaging and accessing social networking sites.

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[Toshiro]

True.. I sometimes can't take it anymore.. If I got to much homework.. >> PC>>Nsane, annoying people >> Messenger>> Steam, CounterStrike.. >> Dead >> finish work. :P

But true, some people don't do anything... (liek Shought) and only chat with their butbuddy.. (Lite&Marik)

[manpe]

Very true... I almost dropped out of school, and am still in danger not to graduate high-school. It's mostly because of the addiction. I know I'm addicted, I know I have problems.. only I don't know what to do :unsure: But it has become a bit better during and after the summer.

[DKT27]

Nah. It doesn't. I have been tech addict from the time I was a small kid. Started to repair hard to repair things from the age of 5. I have learned a lot durin the time and will keep on learnin further, whether by tech or studies. Now how does it "harms my learnin"?

[manpe]

Nah. It doesn't. I have been tech addict from the time I was a small kid. Started to repair hard to repair things from the age of 5. I have learned a lot durin the time and will keep on learnin further, whether by tech or studies. Now how does it "harms my learnin"?

I think you misunderstood it... the article clearly implies that by tech addiction they mean internet addiction. Which is something different from liking to repair computers.

And also, it's individual... it may have more or less effect on you than on some of the others.

[DKT27]

Well in tech addiction I also mean that Internet usage. Well you are right it's on individual. But no it still doesn't effect y learnin skills. Infact I feel my learnin skills have improved.

[Toshiro]

Well in tech addiction I also mean that Internet usage. Well you are right it's on individual. But no it still doesn't effect y learnin skills. Infact I feel my learnin skills have improved.

Yea, look.. in Holland.. your school got "Levels" from not so smart kids.. to smart kids.. (in highschool) ..

Well the smart kids got a lot of homework and difficult works. (Like me..) Other have free time like hell..

So, you might not be affected by this, due to maybe a (your) low education level in India? That could be 1 of the reasons.. >>You got more spare time for this.

[DKT27]

Nah. Indian education doesn't have this system. But our school level is really really hard. Three hard languages compulsory. One optional. Hard science, etc. Different sort of British grammar. The toughest maths in the world. And a lot more I cannot specify. Still after usin internet my learnin skills do not get effected. :D

[karachidude]

thoughest math in the world :rofl:

[manpe]

Nah. Indian education doesn't have this system. But our school level is really really hard. Three hard languages compulsory. One optional. Hard science, etc. Different sort of British grammar. The toughest maths in the world. And a lot more I cannot specify. Still after usin internet my learnin skills do not get effected. :D

Different sort of british grammar? How many are there? :huh:

[LeetPirate]

This is so true, first year of college I failed so many exams because what the hell was I doing? Wasting my life behind modding phone firmware. It all began when stupid Blizzard released stupid Starcraft, like I was supposed to know the game would be so good? I kept playing it forever, then Broodwars came, now it's Warcraft, Dota, and Call of Duty. It's tough to keep abreast of all your studies when you have all those important games to play and n00bs to pwn. Speaking of plagiarism, I wanted to upload my final year project somewhere to ensure others could steal it and make their life easier. :D Have not really found a good engineering site to put it as yet though.

The real problem is this stupid education system I have here, they crammed a 4 year degree into 3 years and expect you to learn. Last time I tried learning I failed almost everything, so subsequent semesters I followed everyone else and crammed and memorised the exam since this is the kind of bullshit they promote in our university. We also have some lecturers here who don't care if you have a good idea or your answer is a correct one, if it is different from their correct answer then you don't get the credit. Once again destroying and suppressing all free thinking and creativity. Oh yea and because they crammed the 4 yr programme into 3 years they lost accreditation by the IEEE (Worldwide) and are only accredited by IEE (Britain). Kinda sucks for people who want to migrate to USA.

[DKT27]

@Dude: You have no idea. It's not just an statement but a proved statement. Education systems from all over the world come to India to learn the new techniques of Maths.

@Manpe: I mean that Grammar and English that are taught here are British but it is has been made or modified a little different that British.

[HX1]

You know while everyone says they get swept away .... I think this is based mostly on peoples ability to focus and prioritize.. I mean I see adults right now .. who you can't even carry on a normal conversation, get through two sentences to say anything to them, because of the telephone. I mean these people are basically useless to anyone but with whom they answer the phone to.. and then at that .. Your running a race to be the last caller.. like its some game show on a radio station.. It never seems to stop for some..

Then you begin to realize.. that these people lack skills which allow them to prioritize and focus on any task long enough to finish or complete... I think that anything can be as distracting and spawn issues. Some say that they can multi-task but when they are done how many of these people actually have something to show for it. How many actually are multi-tasking, instead of just having a HUGE case of A.D.D.? Even if not A.D.D., what happens to the ability to remember, recall and focus, and how much gets forgotten... and never addressed ... too much starts to slip through the cracks without some sort of management.. and most people don't even realize it and will deny it over and over..

Anyway I definitely don't think tech is to blame.. I think people are for not being able to turn things off..and find a healthy balance.. I mean if its that bad.. get a personal assistant.. and if all this buzzing around you isn't making you the money to pay one.. cut it loose..

[Bizarre™]

It doesn't matter if you get addicted to the internet or mobile phones.

I too am addicted to the internet, but it didn't keep me from becoming a professional.

What really matters most is the attitude. Think positive, and develop your initiative.

Set your goals one at a time. It really feels rewarding once you achieve them.

[HX1]

+1 or 2.. :)

[DKT27]

Now it's +1. :hehe:

[karachidude]

@DKT

yes I have heard the schooling system in India is gud.

[demonon]

I don't see internet as an addiction.

Most people and especially kids and adolescents just like to do fun things first.

Perhaps you can get addicted to a MMO, but you can't get addicted to fun. It's just that humans like to have fun.

I personally go a gymnasium, comparable to a British grammar school or something like that.

When I first went to this school, I had hard times getting good grades because I spend to much time behind my PC and so on.

But over time I started to get more disciplined because I realised I HAD to spend more time doing homework and less time playing games and stuff.

It's just all discipline and I think most people lack that. Also in the world we live in there is just too much focus on having fun and allot of people are not encouraged to be active and social.

Of course it's OK to have fun once in a while, but you should get accustomed to doing your chores first.

And finally @DKT27

What sort of math do you have? Math D and stuff?

I think my parents who both come from Afghanistan went to a school similar as yours. Because both India and Afghanistan were under British control in the past and the British also built allot of schools there. My parents both also had teachers from which most of them were either English or Hindi.

[DKT27]

Well you should be knowin that, well no offence, but India is one of the major development country and is doin well development in finance. Talkin of Afghanistan I don't know anythin more about it. All I know is there are some religious misunderstanders that are forcin people to not to attend schools, well in the village areas or similar. And it seems similar in Pakistan. Well this is what I have heard, it maybe wrong, if it is wrong please correct me. So my point is that India has a different things all to gather as compared to other countries surroundin it. Here education is one way an important matter in the city parts. Well the education percentages are very less in one way because of poverty in major part of India. But speakin to the point here Maths is simple in name, Algebra and Geometry. But the harder part is the thin inside the book, last time I heard about it was when Japanese Govt. wanted to learn the Indian way of maths for enhancing their development in the tech field as maths is very important in science. I wont say that India has a rich education but in someways it is more harder than others and in someways it is nothin as compared to other education countries. English here is a modified version of British English. And even the accent doesn't match the Americans.

[demonon]

Well you should be knowin that, well no offence, but India is one of the major development country and is doin well development in finance. Talkin of Afghanistan I don't know anythin more about it. All I know is there are some religious misunderstanders that are forcin people to not to attend schools, well in the village areas or similar. And it seems similar in Pakistan. Well this is what I have heard, it maybe wrong, if it is wrong please correct me. So my point is that India has a different things all to gather as compared to other countries surroundin it. Here education is one way an important matter in the city parts. Well the education percentages are very less in one way because of poverty in major part of India. But speakin to the point here Maths is simple in name, Algebra and Geometry. But the harder part is the thin inside the book, last time I heard about it was when Japanese Govt. wanted to learn the Indian way of maths for enhancing their development in the tech field as maths is very important in science. I wont say that India has a rich education but in someways it is more harder than others and in someways it is nothin as compared to other education countries. English here is a modified version of British English. And even the accent doesn't match the Americans.

My previous comment didn't even mention the current state of India's development whatsoever.

Of course India is developing at a fast rate, but that's another discussion.

I just am curious about the form of education you are getting.

[DKT27]

I had to include development in my point as it is related to education. Better development of country = in one way get better education.

Well if I want I can discuss whole Indian Education system and it's problems but it will have a lot of negetive points also. I'm the one who have seen a great number of positives, if any other Indian, he would say the eduction sucks.

Well let me say it, like the maths is more harder than it should be, there are so many things in it that people will not be needin to use it the whole life. Talkin about the subjects, as mentioned before, I have to learn 3 languages compulsory here, and one optional, the country language (hindi), state language (marathi) and english. Now think how come do I need to learn to write Hindi and Marathi till it's extreme like the oldies did while I can speak it properly. And I also have to learn my mother tongue that differs a bit in the above languages. These and many more problems stresses the children very much, from heavy weight of bags to daily studies tention.

Another negative big point is, country has three different boards. SSC, CBSC, ICSC. CBSC is more harder than SSC and ICSC is more harder than CBSC. Now the eduction in these boards differ very much. The more harder is their board is, the more organized it is and more easier are the exams in small line answers. And more they show off in the public that he is from the better education board. The reason I am mention it is that it creates a greater inequality in the people in terms of eduction.

Now this is what are some of the negative points in the education. I have already mentioned the positives in the previous posts.

And now the Govt. has come ahead to solve all the negative points.

If you still wanna know about it. I would recommend you to go here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_India

[khlong]

How does the class system affect the education systems and vice versa? I thought that really the higher the class the easier it would be to finish or get through the education system.

[Bizarre™]

The higher the class, the greater / more the curricula.

Finishing early means, attending university without break.

[karachidude]

Whatever...None the less,its much better than in AFGHANISTAN

Note:Teachers these days are natives of the land...lol...Hindu,Jew,English or whatever cast.This is not the british rule anymore... :lol:

[Bizarre™]

Lucky for me, I already graduated and already a professional :D