Linda Felbinger
18 January 2018
English 112
Annotated Bibliography
Summaries for the Cell Phone Articles
Freed, Richard. “Why Phones Don’t Belong in School” Huffpost. 13 Apr. 2017, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-freed/why-phones-dont-belong-in-school_b_9666730.html. Accessed 18 Jan, 2018.
This written article by Richard Freed, is fully about why kids are so distracted these days.The first thing that Freed talks about is how teenagers are not the only ones responsible for having their phones in class, but that the parents are also partially at fault. This is a big topic because the parents feel the need to come directly into contact with their child instead of relying on the school system to be able to do this. Freed is not only worried about the distraction of class, he is also concerned about the mental health of teens. Being online all the time automatically promotes cyberbullying. Freed is worried that during school hours no matter how much the faculty tries to prevent cell phone use, there will still be the few rebels that use them for bad situations. Freed believes that all faculty need to work together in order to keep phones away during class. Not only will this help the students stay focused, but it will also keep students from getting cyberbullied.
National Communication Association, “Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They Impact Student Learning?” ScienceDaily, ScienceDaily, 4 Jun. 2015, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150604141531.htm. Accessed 18 Jan, 2018.
Within this article, the National Communication Association tries to explain the different sorts of distractions help and hurt the student’s learning process. For example, it was said that the students who are responding to texts about class subjects are shown to get a higher grade on assignments rather than the students who are responding to non-classroom topics. I believe that trying to get more classrooms to use everyone’s cellular devices would help the students see different people’s types of view. Getting feedback from more people could also help the students see where their mistakes are.
Schaffhauser, Dian. “Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever.” Campus Technology. 20 Jan. 2016. https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted-than-ever.aspx?m=2. Accessed 18 Jan, 2018.
In this article, Schaffhauser explains why cell phone usage has become such a big problem. Schaffhauser has done research between many different studies and has come to a conclusion that the fact is simply that teens as well as adults are becoming more and more distracted by their cell phones. The facts state that each year there are more and more distraction with technology. Schaffhauser believes that this could be due to boredom and that the students can not stay concentrated due to the lack of activity within the class.
Pawlowski, A. “Kids Who Are Addicted to Smartphone May have an Imbalance in the Brain.” Today. 30 Nov. 2017. www.today.com/health/teen-smartphone-addicts-have-chemical-imbalace-brains-t119423. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.
Within this article called “Kids Who Are to Smartphones May Have an Imbalance in the Brain”, written by A. Pawlowski. Pawlowski wrote this article for the Today, the well known website and TV show. Pawlowski is a known writer for lifestyle, health, business, and travel. The article explains that most kids these days seem to be unable to leave their cell phones alone for even just a few minutes at a time. This behavior causes a chemical imbalance in the brain. Due to this imbalance, there was a study done to try to reverse the imbalance to teach young teens to manage self-control.
Weimer, Maryellen “The Age of Distraction: Getting Students to Put Away Their Phones and Focus on Learning.” Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning, 23 May 2016, www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/the-age-of-distraction-getting-students-to-put-away-their-phones-and-focus-on-learning/. Accessed 18 Jan, 2018.
Throughout this article, Weimer, the author, explains what his research on the written theory from Kuznekoff and Titsworth is. Weimer believes that college students are paying less attention in class due to more cell phone use. The problem is not only that teens are distracted by their personal text messages, emails, or even games on their phones. The problem also spread to the fact that the class does is not exciting enough for the teens to be able to focus for a longer period of time. Weimer suggests a few different ways to keep the students in check. Weimer suggests testing the students by checking their notes and/or trade notes with their classmates.