"Duke study: PCs hurt students' grades" Charlotte Observer 6/22/10
As I mentioned earlier, commenting on a New York Times article about how our use of screen technology might be changing the way we think and behave (also see the related Times Stories here and here), I'm nervous about the effect of computers on our brains. There are definite benefits, such as the ability to link that I'm demonstrating as I write this piece. But there's a downside, and a paradox, there, because if your attention is constantly shifting, you are less likely to really be paying attention.
I hardly ever use the computer in sessions with kids, and not because the kids are going to start social networking with me looking over their shoulders. It's because of the attention thing--moving the mouse around and clicking on various options, whether linking while online or playing with font types, sizes, and colors while word processing. Now comes this Duke University study which makes the case for a correlation between lower grades and personal computer use.
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