ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Freed, Richard. “Why Phones Don’t Belong in School.” The Huffington Post,       TheHuffingtonPost.com 12 Apr. 2016, www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-freed/why-     phones-dont-belong-in-school_b_9666730.html

            This article is by Richard Freed in the Huffington Post. Freed is noted as a psychologist, author, and speaker on parenting in the age of digital technology. The author points out that students may have their phones with them so their parents can communicate with them during school and people saying that phones provide learning opportunities. Freed then goes on to say phones distract students from learning with a majority on social media. Freed provides data from college students who did not use their phones taking better/ more detailed notes, recalled information better and had better grades on tests.

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2: Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They Impact Student Learning?

National Communication Association. “Texting and Tweeting in the Classroom: How Do They   Impact Student Learning? “ScienceDaily, 4 June 2015,              www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150604141531.htm

            This article comes from the National Communication Association, which should be a reliable source. The article also references the study by Kuznekoff, Munz, and Titsworth. The author points out that students use their phones for non-educational purposes show lower grades and less detailed notes. The students who used their phones for school related information still performed well in school, even when on their phones. The articles shows us both sides of the spectrum, from the good to the bad side effects of using your phone in class.

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3: Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever

Schaffhauser, Dian. Research: College Students More Distracted Than Ever, 20 Jan. 2016,              campustechnology.com/articles/2016/01/20/research-college-students-more-distracted-    than-ever.aspx?m=2

The author of this article is Dian Schaffhauser, who is the senior contributing editor for 1,105 media’s education publication THE Journal and Campus Technology. The study Scaffhauser centers her article on was from Professor Barney McCoy, who is a professor at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln and teaches multimedia and news courses. This article is about students and the attention given their smart phones during class. McCoy’s research states from 2013 to 2015, cell phone use in class has increased from thirty percent to thirty-four percent. In the second survey, students said they use their cellular devices to fight boredom in the classroom, even when they reported they tend to miss instructions and do not pay attention.

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4: The Age of Distraction: Getting Students to Put Away Their Phones and Focus on Learning

Weimer, Maryellen. “The Age of Distraction: Getting Students to Put Away Their Phones and     Focus on Learning.” Faculty Focus Higher Ed Teaching and Learning, 23 May 2016,              www.facultyfpocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/the-age-of-distraction-getting-   students-to-put-away-their-phones-and-focus-on-learning/

The author of this article is Maryellen Weimer, who has a PhD, but the website does not say in what field of study. Weimer obtained the information for her article from the Teaching Professor that described the Kuzenekoff and Titsworth study. The article goes on to talk about how students are using their cellular devices in class and teachers trying to move toward them not being as focused on their phones. The article points out how teachers can’t possibly stop all their students using their phones, especially in large classroom. Instead the article lists possible ways to drawl the student’s attention away from their phones arte back to the lessons. One way was the teacher grading notes based on points made during the lecture and the students writing or typing the correct points made by the teacher, and then the teacher grading based on how many of the points the students obtained.