Class and Technology

While technology has been used to increase learning ability in the U.S. and across the globe, there are also ways in which people use it to distract them from learning, like I am right now. Class can easily be skipped while the student is attending it. It is because of technology, and in some ways media, that students can be in a class and have absolutely no idea what is being said. Addictions to ESPN is one thing that may contribute to such a thing is a problem, because it is one website that I am on while "skipping" class. Also checking in on CNN and of course celebrity gossip websites, just because I like to know what my movie starts and musicians are doing with their lives. It is due to this somewhat addiction to specific medias that make me bring a laptop to class, which for some reason is accepted in most college classes. It is an amazing phenomenon because if I was a teacher, I would not allow this to happen. Knowing that temptation, at one time or another, will win and students wont always be paying attention. Also, it is nearly impossible for any college student to stay off of the social networking system known as Facebook. Overall technology is something that can increase learning experiences, however in many ways it can be detrimental to the focus of students in the class room, and while studying in general, being distracted by these easily accessible websites of media, can be less affective than older styles of the act of studying.