Does technology affect a student's grades? by Zoe Bedrosian https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0 By Zoe Bedrosian en-us 2014-11-06 18:56:53 UTC 2014-11-11 18:40:50 UTC hello@padlet.com http://d262le4z25sx36.cloudfront.net/portraits/monkey.jpg 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40107189 2014-11-06 19:02:37 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40107189 How much time do teenagers spend using technology? 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477004 2014-11-10 18:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477004 The average kid from ages 8-18 can end up spending 10 hours a day on the internet 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477492 2014-11-10 18:30:57 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477492 Today's children and teens spend more than 14 hours a week watching television—almost as much time as children did 20 years ago 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477575 2014-11-10 18:31:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477575 In one representative sample of American adolescents, aged 10 to 19, kids who played video games spent 30% less time reading and 34% less time doing homework 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477700 2014-11-10 18:32:01 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477700 What else? 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477804 2014-11-10 18:32:28 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477804 A new study says that college students who are on Facebook while studying or doing homework wind up getting 20 percent lower grades than students who don't have the social networking site in visual range, or even running in the background on their computers or mobile phones 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477946 2014-11-10 18:33:00 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40477946 Technology isn’t all bad. It can be used to improve grades too. It can be used for educational websites, apps, and reading & writing gadgets like E-Books 2018zkb https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40478164 2014-11-10 18:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/2018zkb/jm6hyewvcqd0/wish/40478164