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Meheak Singh

Ms. Gardner

English 10H/ Period 4

10 May 2016

Digital Media: The Tre !onse"en#e

Digital $edia% and te#hnology as a &hole% is slo&ly trans'or$ing h$ans into (shallo&

thinkers%) *eo*le &ho are o+sessed &ith $ltitasking and strggle to #o$*letely #o$*rehend

s*ee#hes% te,ts% and e-en songs o+erts. Digital $edia is any 'or$ o' $edia that #an +e -ie&ed

on an ele#troni# de-i#e. This ty*e o' $edia is one% i' not the $ost% *ro$inent 'a#tor o' or

so#iety. H$an +eings are srronded +y te#hnology at ho$e% at &ork% and no& e-en at

s#hool +t *eo*le are o+li-ios to the #osts o' this #onstant l,ry.3 Stdents and tea#hers all

a#ross $eri#a are de-elo*ing a $ore te#hnologi#al a**roa#h to ed#ation% +t at &hat *ri#e5

Digital $edia *ro-ides an intera#ti-e tool &hi#h $ost stdents #an #o$'orta+ly na-igate% yet the

#ontinal se o' these de-i#es &eakens other essential skills needed in li'e and to learn.

Pri$arily% $any $ay arge that te#hnology ser-es as an intera#ti-e tool that #an $ake

learning and tea#hing less di''i#lt. inetyt&o *er#ent o' tea#hers &ho$ &ere in-ol-ed in a

re#ent stdy on te#hnology said that the se o' 7nternet had a ($a8or i$*a#t) on &hat ty*es o'

$aterials% #ontent% and resor#es they &ere a+le to a##ess. dditionally% *rin#i*al Eri# Sheninger

at Mil'ord High S#hool in e& 9ersey +elie-es that it &old +e $ore +ene'i#ial to (*re*are or

stdents 'or ho& so#iety is str#tred%) rather than se (an ed#ation syste$ thats geared 'or the

20th #entry) Palson. re#ent do#$entary% Digital Media: New Learners of the 21st

Century, also e,*lores the re#ent re-oltionarylike ad-an#e$ents #on#erning digital $edia in

ed#ation. The do#$entary dis#sses ho& digital $edia and te#hnology as a &hole are


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+e#o$ing as #o$$on as (*en#ils and note+ooks) &ere to or *arents dring their ed#ation and

ho& stdents in this day and age are a+le to learn &ithot the (#onstraints) o' the 'or &alls o' a

#lassroo$ Peterson. 7n s$$ary% s**orters o' digital $edia in ed#ation +elie-e that it3s an

astonding tool that *ro-es to +e $ore +ene'i#ial than not. This $ay +e tre in so$e #ases%

ho&e-er it has already +egn to &eaken other essential skills stdents need to learn and to

*ros*er in li'e.

;rther$ore% h$ans are +eginning to de-elo* digital +rains +rains sited 'or

(ski$$ing throgh the torrent o' in'or$ation online) osen&ald.


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osen&ald.


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si$*ly o+ser-ed re#olle#ted $ore details and o+8e#ts than those &ho had sna**ed *hotos.

o+erts. Doesn3t this de'eat the *r*ose o' +oth *hotos and Google res*e#ti-ely5 ;rther$ore%

the in#rease in digital $edia is i$*ro-ing or a+ility to $e$ori>e &here &e 'ond or

in'or$ation% yet it does not ne#essarily #o$*rehend &hat e,a#tly the in'or$ation &as. Ho&e-er%

the real danger lies in the 'a#t that the h$an +rain does not #o$*te $e$ory in the sa$e &ay

as a hard dri-e stores the #o$*ter $e$oryC only throgh (re$e$+ering that &e #an $ake

#onne#tions) &ith &hat &e kno&% &hat &e learn% and &hat &e 'eel #an &e sho& the tre

*otential o' the h$an +rain o+erts. This de-elo*$ent o' or +rain is #asing s to *ay e-en

less attention to li'e itsel'% and is $aking s &orse at re#alling e-ents 'ro$ or o&n li-es.

!onse"ently% the la#k o' signi'i#ant #onne#tions &e 'or$ 'ro$ *re-ios kno&ledge or *re-ios

li'e e,*erien#es attri+tes to the la#k o' kno&ledge &e retain. Bndo+tedly% digital $edia is

taking it3s toll on h$an +rains% and the alar$ing e''e#ts are only +e#o$ing $ore *re-alent. 7n

s$$ation% the distr+ing e''e#ts o' te#hnology are *laging or so#iety% and or in#reased se

o' digital $edia in ed#ation is #learly &eakening stdents a+ility to 'or$ #oherent and

$eaning'l #onne#tions

7n #on#lsion% digital $edia *ro-ides an in#redi+le tool throgh &hi#h $ost stdents #an

e''ortlessly a##ess in'or$ation% yet the #ontinal se o' these de-i#es &ill indeed &eaken other

essential skills stdents ha-e *re-iosly learned. s Peterson des#ri+ed% stdents are (#lai$ing

digital $edia as a $eans o' #onne#ting% #o$$ni#ating% #reating% and learning%) yet they are not

*ro*erly #onte$*lating the #onse"en#es o' this ad-an#e$ent. 7n 'a#t% e-en the stri#t li$itations

and #ensorshi* o' #ertain in'or$ation leads the (tea#hers and *arents to &onder: &hat are

stdents doing &ith this te#hnology5) Peterson =hile the te#hnologi#al as*e#ts o' digital

$edia &ill #ontine to gro& in ed#ation% it &ill slo&ly% +t srely% take a&ay 'ro$ the stdents3


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a+ility to *ra#ti#e and learn the skills ne#essary in li'e. =ithot these skills% stdents are

gradally losing $ore and $ore o' their #reati-e *ro#esses and are de-elo*ing ro+oti# $inds%

na+le to gage di''i#lt sitations in the real &orld.

=orks !ited

?7n Ar Digital =orld% re ong Peo*le osing the +ility to ead...? NewsRx Health

!"ien"e. 14 Se*. 2014: 14I. !#R! #ssues Resear"her$ =e+. 2F *r. 2016.

Palson% $anda. ?S#hools =eigh isk%


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Petra. ?The 7$*a#t o' So#ial Media Bse on So#ial Skills.? 'he #()a"t of !o"ial Media

*se on !o"ial !+ills. e& ork

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