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Technology Is Possibly Harming Our Knowledge Base

This isn't a debate that says whether technology is useful to learning or not. We already know that it can be. However, despite the amount of useful tech. available for us today, Americans are learning less than ever. Online libraries, debate sites like this, and other websites devoted to the gaining of knowledge (Khan Academy and Academic Earth) aren't being used to their full advantage. We have every advantage of other advanced countries- and even more in most cases- but our scores are comparitively low to Asian nations. 

 

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They found 62% first used or owned a computer before the age of eight, 80% first used the internet between the ages of five and 10, 58% first used a mobile phone between the ages of eight and 10 and 58% have had access to a social networking sites between the ages of eleven and 13.

They can't get motivated to read for a long period of time

Dr Nada Kakabadse

Over half (53.2%) indicated they spent up to around 30 minutes a day on their mobile, while 17% said they spent at least three hours on their mobile. Just over one in five (20.2%) said they left the phone on in lessons - which is usually forbidden by schools.

Over 30% reported spending between one to two hours a day using the internet and 26% said they spent up to six or more hours a day.

On average, pupils said they spent between one and two hours on social networking sites each day.

Pupils said they sent more e-mails than they received and the majority said they sent and/or received up to 20 texts a day.

Over a third (39%) admitted that text shortcuts damaged the quality of their written English, particularly when it came to spelling.

And 84% openly admitted copying chunks of information from the internet into their homework or projects on a number of occasions.

Pupils said the internet was by far the largest source of information for such work, with over 90% saying they used it compared with 43% who said books.

The good news is, the global economy make sit easier for us to steal ideas from other industrialized countries! Usually it's the U.S. that has more innovation than other nations but as Asian countries become more powerful politically and financially, they'll also innovate more. So when the going gets tough, at least we'll have China! ^_^

Supporting Evidence: Tech addiction 'harms learning' (news.bbc.co.uk)
Side: Yes

Technology is increasing our knowledge base whereby we have a myriad of venues to search and search for all the information we want.

Side: No