{"id":201924,"date":"2023-07-31T07:10:05","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=201924"},"modified":"2023-07-31T08:56:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T12:56:18","slug":"unesco-comes-out-against-use-of-technology-in-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/07\/31\/unesco-comes-out-against-use-of-technology-in-education\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO comes out against use of technology in education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Estudiantes-computadoras-El-Caribe.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201987\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Estudiantes-computadoras-El-Caribe.png 956w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Estudiantes-computadoras-El-Caribe-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Estudiantes-computadoras-El-Caribe-768x514.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>While that lead might sound very negative, the United Nations Organization for Science and Culture (Unesco) has just released an in-depth study on the use of smart phones and computers by students with a focus on the negative impact the electronic tools pose for a solid education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 435-page study released late last week in Uruguay has already provoked many serious debates on the issues at hand. The study tells all: \u201cthe use of technology in the classrooms and in the home by students could provoke distractions and block learning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The document also cites a study carried out in 14 countries where students of all levels were studied. The conclusion was that at the university level there was a major negative once the students go beyond a \u201cmoderate usage\u201d of the cellphone. Many of the professors that were interviewed stated that cellphones and tablets were a major distraction in the classroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elcaribe.com.do\/opiniones\/editorial\/el-estudiante-y-el-computador\/\">El Caribe <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/actualidad\/nacional\/2023\/07\/26\/unesco-desata-debate-global-sobre-uso-de-tecnologia-digital\/2414921\">Diario Libre <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>31 July 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While that lead might sound very negative, the United Nations Organization for Science and Culture (Unesco) has just released an in-depth study on the use of smart phones and computers by students with a focus on the negative impact the electronic tools pose for a solid education. The 435-page study released late last week in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/07\/31\/unesco-comes-out-against-use-of-technology-in-education\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[319,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201924"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201989,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201924\/revisions\/201989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}