Shortening Attention Spans?

I actually agree with both sides to some degree. I do believe it is true that technology can shorten our youth's attention span. However, I also think that we can help balance this tendency by training our kids to take the beneficial aspects of technology and try to minimize the negative aspects of it. I think being in denial of technology's negative by-products is not helpful.

I think Marcovitz shows a balanced, sober perspective when he writes, "Does that mean that educational technology is all bad? Of course not. There are great things that can be learned with technology. But Postman teaches us that every technology is a Faustian Bargain; for every positive benefit, there is an often unseen and very serious downside." Being aware of the downside of technology is an important key to avoiding its pit-falls and making the best of its strengths.