Negative Impact of Using Technology
While technology can be a transformational tool for students if used in the classroom correctly, it can also have a negative impact as well. A study conducted in 2021 by Northwestern College in Iowa has shown that too much exposure to blue light radiation was proven to have adverse health effects on growing children. According to Saunders and Vallance (2017), the amount of screen time that students are subjected to on a daily basis has tripled in the last four years. Their study continues to point out that roughly half of today’s children and youth are exceeding the public health screen time recommendation. Their evidence suggests that this increase in screen time is linked to increased obesity, depression, and anxiety, as well as low aerobic fitness, quality of life, self-esteem, positive social behavior, and academic achievement. Educators are also experiencing their own challenges and increased stress as they try to learn and prepare technologically lessons, sometimes wit