Zach Johnson
English 112
Prof. Dollieslager
Annotated bibliography
Schaffhauser 01/20/16, Dian. “Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever.”
Campus Technology, campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-
students-more-distracted-than-ever.aspx? m=2.
The source of this article is campus technology.com who are known to have pretty factual articles. The author Dian Schaffhauser is a senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications The Journal and Campus Technology. Her work is very credible and accurate. The article begins talking about how students are more distracted more than ever before in the classroom. The article then talks about how often students are actually looking at their phones in class and the results are shocking. From there the students stated their digital tendencies do have a toll on their grades. The most common reason for phone usage was purely to fight boredom.
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/.
Faculty focus is the source of this article. The author, Maryellen Weimer writes lots of articles about students and school in general. The article starts by stating how kids now a day are bad multi-taskers and students who use their phones tend write down less information. It’s pretty much impossible to prevent kids from using phones these days and it has a huge impact on their grades. The author than begins to speak on techniques used to prevent kids from using their cell phones.
Freed, Richard. “Why Phones Don't Belong in School.”
The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 12 Awww.huffingtonpost.com/richard-freed/why-phones-dont-belong-in-school_b_9666730.html.
Huffpost is the source of the information included in this article. The author is Richard Freed a Psychologist, author, and speaker on parenting in the age of digital technology. The article reveals that teachers all around the world compete with student’s phones for attention. While phones have great capabilities to help with education, most students use their phones purely for amusement. Safety when using phones isn't good either, in fact kids who use their phones more are likely to encounter some form of cyberbullying. It is suggested that schools put rules in act that will prevent students from using their phones making the distraction less likely.
“Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They Impact Student Learning?”
Science Daily, ScienceDaily, 4 June 2015, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150604141531.htm.
The source of this article is science daily who write many scientific articles. There is no specific author for this article however, several different people are referenced in the articles information. The article speaks about the competition teachers have with cell phone usage. Some teachers have actually incorporated cell phones in their classrooms and higher test results have been seen due to this action. Now it was shown the students who had messaged more either with texts or tweets had much lower grades. This also showed how some students can actually learn good multitasking skills while using their phone and learning.