Paraphrase 15 Quotes

1. “Whether it is through classroom-based discussions or scientific experiments, physical classrooms are able to offer more methods of interaction than online classrooms can provide. With more ways to interact with new subject matter, students may have a deeper understanding of the curriculum with longer-lasting retention of the material. Plus, there is a social component to classroom learning that is compromised with online coursework.” (“The Advantages of Classroom Learning over Online Education”)

2. “While online courses may still require that students take tests and write essays, there is a dramatic reduction in the level of student assessment that can take place. When teachers are not able to see how students work on a daily basis, they will not be able to gauge as accurately whether a student is fully understanding the material. Teachers in the classroom might be able to offer extra assistance or utilize a different approach to teaching a given subject, while teachers managing online courses will not have the same opportunities.” (“The Advantages of Classroom Learning over Online Education”).

3. “Sharing your thoughts and activates online in and of itself is not necessarily a problem. The problem comes when users forget that everyone in their social network is reading their posts” (Mintz 32)

4. “The main reason I’d like to try to avoid social media use is a moral one. Kids today are addicted to technology; school can, and should, remain the one safe haven where they can unplug and just be present. Do we really want to give them another reason to be ‘connected?’” (Leticht and Goble)

5. “Though teachers and students are now pushing learning beyond the borders of the classroom through social networking, that move also comes with hurdles, including the fact that many schools still block access to such sites within their walls. School officials must also confront the uncertainties and questions surrounding privacy issues, proper management, and cyber security when they open their doors to social-networking sites.” (Davis).

6. “Child predators have ‘worked their language down to an art on how to approach children who don't think anybody else cares about their problems or wants to spend time with them’” (Acohido)

7. “Students are more distracted than ever. They tend to check their digital devices, particularly, their smartphones, an average of 11.43 times during class for non-classroom activities. A solid 12 percent do texting, emailing, checking the time or other activities in class more than 30 times a day.” (Schffhauser).

8. “under most conditions, the brain simply cannot do two complex tasks at the same time. Listening to a lecture while texting, or doing homework and being on Facebook—each of these tasks is very demanding, and each of them uses the same area of the brain, the prefrontal cortex." (Beyond BookSmart Blog: Executive Functioning Strategies).

9. “The researchers found that teenagers who used social media and had high emotional investment in social media had poorer sleep quality, lower self-esteem and higher rates of anxiety and depression than teenagers who were less emotionally invested in social media.” (Woods).

10. "While overall social media use impacts on sleep quality, those who log on at night appear to be particularly affected. This may be mostly true of individuals who are highly emotionally invested. This means we have to think about how our kids use social media, in relation to time for switching off."(Woods).

11. “91% of teens go online from a mobile device, at least occasionally. 4  African-American teens are significantly more likely than whites or Hispanics to use mobile devices to go online — with nearly all African-American youth in the study reporting mobile internet access at least occasionally, while 90% of white and 91% of Hispanic teens go online on-the-go.”

12. “they rely on written communication only, mainly via text or social media sites, especially when communicating with adults. That choice might damage young people's communication skills for years to come” (Rosen)

13. “Texting, instant messaging and social networking make it very easy for adolescents to become even more anxious, which can lead to depression.” (Davila).

14. “Lots of talking can help if those involved have strong problem-solving skills because it helps them reach a solution and it builds friendships.” (Davila).