For our EdTech Inquiry project, Chris, Claire, Kolton and I discussed the possible effects of smartphones on adolescents and how they may have an effect on their learning. Hope you find it informative!

The Effect of Smartphones on Adolescents

Time Stamps

1:04 – GPA score increase of 6.41% after cellphone ban (Siebert, 2019, p. 125)

1:28 – GPA increase for the lowest quartile of 14.23% after cellphone ban (Siebert, 2019, p. 125)

1:38 – No GPA improvement for upper quartile after cellphone ban (Siebert, 2019, p. 125)

1:43 – smartphones and anxiety (Mannion & Nolan, 2020). 

2:23 – attachment theory (Mannion & Nolan, 2020, p. 2)

2:37 – fear of missing out (Mannion & Nolan, 2020, p. 3)

2:57 – methodology of research and results of study (Mannion & Nolan, 2020, pp. 4-5)

4:00 – (Lee et al., 2017)

8:00 – (Abi-Jaoude et. al, 2020, p. 137)

8:36 – (Abi-Jaoude et. al, 2020, p. 137)

10:08 – GPA changes pertaining to a cellphone ban (Siebert, 2019, p. 125)

10:20 – (Lee et al., 2017)

11:49 – (Abi-Jaoude et. al, 2020, p. 136-137)

12:48 –  EDCI 336 (Jessie’s presentation)

13:44 – (Rose Eveleth , 2013)

13:56 – “From April to June, Facebook said it took action against 16.8 million pieces of suicide and self-harm content, while Instagram took action against 3 million pieces.” (Wong, 2021)

15:16 – effect of smartphones on cognition (Wilmer et al, 2017, p. 2)

16:53 – Source mentioned (Dinsmore, 2019)

17:28 – Takes a lot of work to change cultural logics (Dinsmore, 2019, p. 674)

18:05 – (Lepp et al., 2015)

19:45 – mnemonic functioning (Wilmer et al, 2017, p. 9)

23:12 – Spelling reform in the 19th century (Carey, 2016)

28:18 – Ancient alphabetic texts typically without spaces or punctuation (Wingo, 1972)

31:03 – smartphones and anxiety (Mannion & Nolan, 2020). 

34:17 – Cellphone bans disproportionately help lower socioeconomic groups (Siebert, 2019, p. 125)

38:17 –  “High school students may require education on how to use a smartphone in a healthy way (Heo & Lee, 2018, p. 35)

38:27 – “Public awareness campaigns and social policy initiatives” (Abi-Jaoude et. al, 2020, p. 136)

38:38 – ED-D 401 (class discussions)

39:25 – (Lee et al., 2017)

39:57 – (Lepp et al., 2015)

41:43 – Ratopia (Sederer, 2019)

References

Abi-Jaoude, E., Naylor, K. T., & Pignatiello, A. (2020). Smartphones, social media use and youth mental health. Cmaj, 192(6), E136-E141.

Care, S. (2016, February 8). A brief history of English spelling reform. History Today. https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform

Dinsmore, B. (2019). Contested affordances: Teachers and students negotiating the classroom integration ….of mobile technology. Information, Communication & Society, 22(5), 664-677. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2019.1568518

Eveleth, R. (2013). What happened to ‘self-harm blogs’ after Tumblr banned them? Smithsonian.com. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-happened-to-self-harm-blogs-after-tumblr-banned-them-15883320/

Heo, Y., & Lee, K. (2018). Smartphone addiction and school life adjustment among high school students: The mediating effect of self-control. Journal of psychosocial nursing and mental health services, 56(11), 28-36.

Lee, S., Kim, M. W., McDonough, I. M., Mendoza, J. S., and Kim, M. S. (2017) The Effects of Cell Phone Use and Emotion-regulation Style on College Students’ Learning. Appl. Cognit. Psychol., 31: 360– 366. ​​https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.uvic.ca/10.1002/acp.3323

Lepp, A., Barkley, J. E., & Karpinski, A. C. (2015). The Relationship Between Cell Phone Use and Academic Performance in a Sample of U.S. College Students. SAGE Open. https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244015573169 

Mannion, K. H., & Nolan, S. A. (2020). The effect of smartphones on anxiety: An attachment issue or fear of missing out? Cogent Psychology, 7(1), 1869378. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2020.1869378

Sederer, L. I. (2019, June 9). What does “Rat Park” teach us about addiction? Psychiatric Times. https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/what-does-rat-park-teach-us-about-addiction

Siebert, M. D. (2019). The silent classroom: The impact of smartphones and a social studies teacher’s response. The Social Studies, 110(3), 122-130. https://doi.org/10.1080/00377996.2019.1580666

Wilmer, H. H., Sherman, L. E., & Chein, J. M. (2017). Smartphones and Cognition: A Review of Research Exploring the Links between Mobile Technology Habits and Cognitive Functioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 605. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00605

Wingo, E. O. (1972) Latin punctuation in the classical age. The Hague: Mouton.

Wong, Q. (2021). Suicide and self-harm content is scarily easy to find on social media. CNET. Retrieved November 9, 2021, from https://www.cnet.com/health/personal-care/suicide-and-self-harm-content-is-scarily-easy-to-find-on-so…..cial-media/