{"id":4865,"date":"2015-01-13T11:21:12","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2022-06-14T01:27:49","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:27:49","slug":"digital-distractions-in-the-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/digital-distractions-in-the-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Distractions in the Classroom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Technology in education is great, distraction is not...Digital technology in the classroom is here to stay, whether it\u2019s provided directly by the school or used surreptitiously by students on the sly. The question is not, \"Should we allow digital devices in the classroom?\", it\u2019s \"Now that they\u2019re here, how can we prevent digital devices from becoming a distraction?\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A post by Leah Anne Levy, at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/\">Edudemic<\/a>, suggests the following tips for dealing with digital distractions in the classroom:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Destroy the multitasking myth<\/li>\n<li>Rethink smartphones bans<\/li>\n<li>Write how they read<\/li>\n<li>Use their unique distraction styles to spark learning<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t post everything online<\/li>\n<li>Create opportunities for curiosity outside the digital space<\/li>\n<li>Teach grit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can read more about this in Leah's post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edudemic.com\/7-ways-deal-digital-distractions\/\">7 Ways to Deal with Digital Distractions in the Classroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent Technology in education is great, distraction is not...Digital technology in the classroom is here to stay, whether it\u2019s provided directly by the school or used surreptitiously by students on the sly. The question is not, \"Should we allow digital devices in the classroom?\", it\u2019s \"Now that they\u2019re here, how can we prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/digital-distractions-in-the-classroom\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Digital Distractions in the Classroom\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[101],"class_list":{"0":"post-4865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-teaching","7":"tag-digital-distraction","8":"h-entry","9":"hentry","10":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-1gt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6071,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/turn-distracted-students-into-engaged-learners\/","url_meta":{"origin":4865,"position":0},"title":"Turn Distracted Students into Engaged Learners","author":"Janice Florent","date":"March 11, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"by Janice Florent It is hard for students to remain focused and engaged with all the digital distractions out there. 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