Students are increasingly using their own smartphones and tablets for school instead of school computers, with 96% of schools reporting that 58% of kids use personal devices. Universities now encourage students to bring their own technology to class. While familiarity with personal devices can boost engagement, they also provide distractions that make it difficult for students to fully grasp content. The relationship between professors and students is becoming less intimate as communication shifts to email. As technology becomes more integrated into education, traditional learning methods like note-taking by hand are declining, and the future of education may include students taking online courses from multiple universities remotely.

1. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography

2. 96 percent of schools say that 58 % of
kids use their own smartphones or
tablets during school instead of the
schools computers
Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography

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“93% of our students said they use their
iPads for accessing social networks.”
- Tim Cappelli
Senior manager at Manchester Medical School
Image taken from Flickr: : Lles iPad etaient
nombreux by Eboquin
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4. Today, students are encouraged by their
universities to bring their own technological
devices to class and use it as a learning tool
Image taken from Flickr: “Lecture” by
BearOnATrike

5. Allowing students to use
their own devices for
school purposes, is
beneficial as they are
familiar with their device
in which result with them
better understanding the
information and being
more engaged.
Image taken from Flickr: “Open Textbooks” by
Pronvince of British

6. Students who own devices are most likely including their
own applications in which they use daily. This creates a
distraction and
their inability to fully grasp on to the content provided.
Image taken from Flickr: “Distracted” by
Samuel Ho

7. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
Generation Y, is slowly substituting all books and
traditional learning strategies with technology and
programing.

8. Image taken from Flickr: “facebook on iphone”
by Manet Yim

9. Image taken from Flickr: “disconnectedY” Rex
Guo
Through this new cultural norm of technology in education, are we
slowly being
from personal relationships with others?

10. Image taken from Flickr: “Young student text
messaging” by Pearson
Although there is no “in life “ connection that
student has with parents, some instructors help
students feel connected through audio
comments.

11. Image taken from Flickr: “Subscribe to The
Propagandist Email Alerts” by Jonathan Narvey
The relationship professor has with the student is less intimate
now then it was 21 years ago when there was no such thing as
emailing.

12. Image taken from Flickr: Image Weapons of
Mass Distraction by Mystic Politics
Most college students, addition to their notes that they take
on Microsoft Word also juggles using social media which
causes distraction and them to lose focus/ not fully grasp the
content given.

13. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
Instead of the traditional chalk
in hand method, instructors
nowadays resort to
Powerpoint presentation.

14. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
The art of pencil writing has decreased significantly over the
past years due to the accessibility in typing notes instead.

15. Image taken from Flickr:”school” by Friestellen
Soon in developed
countries, the need for
technology will be in a rise
while textbooks and
handheld school utensils
will decline

16. Image taken from Flickr: “”The Queen’s
University of Belfast” by ljgibbs1
Students will no long have to sit passively
in the lecture hall but view the content
online in the comfort of their home

17. Image taken from Flickr: “Queen’s University,
Charlotte NC” by Joe Gaylor
Instead of a four year degree, students may
choose to pick up online courses from different
Universities.

18. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
The iPads are now used to annotate
different lecture slides with the
additional information while the lecturer
is talking.

19. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
Technology is changing the way that students learn, allowing them to be in the more fast paced,
instant generation

20. Image taken from Flickr: “Toys for Generation
Y” SVETAN Photography
Millennial that are born now, will be integrated
into this “new” education system

21. Image taken from Flickr: “Social Media apps”
by Jason Howie
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