Shocking lines for the Book Screen Schooled

Something is not good with today’s kid. Their ability to focus, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills are declining. With current situations, there is a prediction by many experts that we are producing a future generation unable to solve simple problems of life. All these are caused by the overuse of screens. They use it at home and now many schools are introducing screens in the classrooms. The screen technology is making our kids dumber.

Joe Clement and Matt Miles brilliantly explains the consequences of overuse of screened technology in schools in the book “Screen Schooled”. It is a must-read book for teachers, parents, and students

Here are some eye-opening lines from the book

 

It seemed obvious that students weren’t benefiting from the technology in their lives. Rather, they were quickly transforming into technology addicts

Technology is no longer just an important part of your people’s lives. Technology has become their lives

Giving your child a tablet sure makes him quiet, and quiet is nice

Downtime is necessary for the human brain; wonder is what results in human advancement, and boredom results in creativity

You like to watch people playing games, be it football, cricket, or other sports. We like to watch people playing video games. It’s the same thing

Kids today are being controlled by smartphones and becoming enslaved by them

There are many negative effects associated with technology addiction, most notably increased depression, anxiety, withdrawal, diminished focus, and diminished cognitive function

The stereotypes of digital natives stuck in their parents’ basement glued to their screens rather than getting a job, is becoming more of a reality

Technology is most effective when being used by someone with a strong fundamental base of knowledge in the area that a particular technology wok to enhance

Social media doesn’t enhance today’s kids’ existing social interactions because they lack the skills and knowledge that are supposedly being enhances

Children need to be learning how to use their brains, not their iPads

Video games are replacing children’s imaginations

Frequent multitaskers are so used to shifting their focus between different stimuli, they lack any real ability to truly focus on any one task

If schools don’t teach young people to focus, who will?

Social media becomes a place where damaged kids can spread their fear and worries to their peers

Social media addict preferred to think about an ideal self

Screens maybe worse for kids and their brains, but they are easier for moms and dads

The iPad is her only babysitter

A journalist asked Steve Jobs how his kids liked the new iPad, he replied, “They haven’t used it. We limit how much technology our kids use at home”

Technology advocates simply repeat their illogical conclusions until everyone accepts them as truth

Google knows more about their users than their users’ own mothers

The best model for education in the modern age

1.   Deliver instruction in the simplest possible manner

2.   Focus instruction on what students are able to do

3.   Foster face-to-face human interaction and opportunities for community building

Numerous studies show that when you read a text on paper your understanding is deeper and longer-lasting than if you read that same text on a computer

After every few days, try to turn off all the technologies for one a day and enjoy doing something else; a walk in the woods, to a beach, to a hill. Enjoy a complete screen detox. Live a real life. Wake out from technology hibernation.