This article is important to educators and students as digital tools are incorporated in the learning process. There are positives and negatives to these devices, i.e., tablets, but the key in maximizing their educational value is to teach students ways to focus their attention. Digital tools of all kinds are here to stay with new ones not yet invented. What becomes important is to define their educational purposes and teach students how to avoid negative distractions. Students will be distract themselves anyway such as engaginbg in a more interesting ap, but that kind of behavior is predictable whether digital tools are a resource or not. It's up to us to monitor that kind of behavior just as teachers did 50 years ago when only print materials and lectures were resources.
The Future of Tablets in Education: Potential Vs. Reality of Consuming Media. 5.8.12 Mind/Shift
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/05/the-future-of-tablets-in-education-potential-vs-reality/
What do you do to focus student attention on the learning purpose of a particular medium, other than paper/print materials? Share with us.
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