Blog Post 3 - Digital Nation

The theme I've chosen to discuss is School. Students' usage of computers in universities can be seen as a good or a bad thing. The students believe they have the ability to multitask. They believe they can use their computers and still pay enough attention to the professor to understand the course material. The professors, on the other hand, think the opposite. On example is professor David Jones. He gave an easy midterm that his students should have gotten high scores on, as long as they paid attention in class. The average score was a 75%.
The pro for this theme is that students with access to the internet have better grades than those without. 59% of students with access to the internet use things like social media to communicate with each other about school-related topics. The source for this is an experiment that was done by George Middle School in Portland, Oregon. Student grades went up by 50% once they were introduced to a social media program. The con for this theme is that students can use social media too much. The usage of social media during homework reduces the quality of said work. The source for statements like these are studies that show students improving when they have less screen time.