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How Smartphones Have Changed Student Attention, Even When They’re Removed

From This Week with EdSurge · Hosted by Ira Apfel

January 16, 2024·1:00:18

Episode summary

In this episode of This Week with EdSurge: Holding student attention may be harder than ever. Even if educators make students put away their smartphones, internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others and made it harder for people to be present, argues a Georgetown University professor.

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Holding student attention may be harder than ever. Even if educators make students put away their smartphones, internet-connected devices have changed the way people relate to others and made it harder for people to be present, argues a Georgetown University professor.