I can’t psychologically influence them

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The power of algorithmic feeds exacerbates this problem. I’ve heard from many teachers who’ve felt this way over the past few years: We have to be more interesting, more active, and switch activities faster to keep students engaged. How do we compete with the algorithms of apps like TikTok? I don’t track students’ attention every second, I don’t effortlessly adapt to every student in the room, and I don’t feed students any information that will capture their attention.



I can’t psychologically influence them every moment luxembourg whatsapp like their phone can, and it’s exhausting to try. It’s deeper than just one device. Phones exacerbate the problem of distraction by providing a discrete, micro-access point to the internet, which is also seen as separate from school-related work. Even if students are accessing the exact same page they would see on a Chromebook or laptop, their phones are a tool that our society considers to be leisure and personal, not productive.



As a result, students view their phone time as “fun” time. However, it’s important to realize that removing phones does n’t eliminate distractions from class . You only need to sit in the back of a college lecture hall for a few minutes to see the distractions happening on other devices. Students using laptops often have hundreds of tabs open and switch between taking notes, playing games, shopping online, messaging friends, and Googling questions related (or not) to school.