My Lights, Camera, and Reaction!

Being in my second year of college, I have a fair amount of experience about what to expect when I enter a college classroom and the challenges that people face when living on a college campus. College students have a rigorous demanding lifestyle ranging from taking care of their personal needs, studying and retaining information for class, dealing with the distraction of technology, and many other factors that contribute to the amount of stress that students face everyday. As stated in the previous post, technology has become an instrumental component of our everyday lives, but it is about how we utilize this technology to either benefit or hinder our well-being. Technology impacts college students both inside and outside of the classroom. Students bring their laptops, cell phones, and ipods to class which in turn distracts them from the purpose of attending class. Outside of the classroom there are other outlets of technology that when abused turn into distractions that prevent the students from getting tasks done such as television, radio, computers, and music. It is not just the students who abuse the technology, not all instructors utilize the available technology to engage with their students more effectively to maximize the quality of learning taking place in the classroom. The video below takes you through the struggles that college students face, through their eyes.