{"id":134,"date":"2022-03-02T18:54:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/?p=134"},"modified":"2022-03-02T18:54:36","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:54:36","slug":"are-smartphones-making-students-smarter-or-dumber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/are-smartphones-making-students-smarter-or-dumber\/","title":{"rendered":"Are smartphones making students smarter or dumber?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphones, as they say it, are the really smart or is it just the name?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-137\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec-1568x706.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/1b3b1e12-d3d9-42c7-a18a-a2046f63e9ec.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 416px) 100vw, 416px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-138 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb-1568x706.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/b676525d-6422-46d0-82b5-1930279383fb.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An interesting English debate competition was held over the topic, &#8216;Are smartphones making students smarter or dumber?&#8217; Grade 5 students didn&#8217;t leave any chance to convince the audience of their specific points of view. Catchy statements, some shreds of evidence, research, and facts were enough to leave the audience some thought-provoking moments.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-139 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44-1568x706.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/dfea1207-d228-447b-862f-d4ba7d0f5a44.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s definitely up to the students how they make use of smartphones. If we get everything under control, life really becomes easy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-136 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-300x135.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"464\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-1536x691.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242-1568x706.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/blogs.beaconhouse.net\/454\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/188\/2022\/03\/97e5543d-8e7f-485c-93de-241a2d06c242.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smartphones, as they say it, are the really smart or is it just the name? 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