Studies from many different universities have been noticing a trend. College students are less interested in their education and classes and more interested in their newsfeed. During lectures students are found on their on their Ipod rather than listening to the guest speaker, Facing Facebook.
In result of this, professors claim there is less "critical thinking" in their student's education. Although some universities encourage technology, is communicating with fellow classmates worth university money that could be used for research and facilities? During classes students tend to have several different windows aside from facebook up while listening during lecture. This causes a lack of focus and therefore students aren't able to create and learn as well as before. This isn't to say there wasn't distractions before, a hidden magazine in a book is a perfect example. The involvement of computer and technology inside of classrooms has definitely created very different habitsand therefore reducing quality.
In a classroom at the University of Colorado, students were asked in they read the New York Times, only a few raised their hands. They were then asked if they logged on facebook that day and all raised their hands, Facing Facebook. Facebook is beginning to be the main domain of college student's internet use. This could be dentrimental to our learning and academic society. With this information, should professional and teachers completely ban facebook in a professional setting? I propose we should simply be able to recognize the negative effects of the overuse of it, and find the appropiate setting to use Facebook.
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