Is watching a complication of cat videos on YouTube a good and productive work ethic? Hmm, I guess not?! This technology filled era has created a lot of opportunities for improvement in education and the workplace, however, it has also made a negative impact through the large cluster of folks who are more worried about their Facebook feed over their job or their education. The overuse of personal technologies within professional workplaces is decreasing levels of productivity and increasing disengagement for people within these environments. The distraction of using technology for personal use has become such a problem for many teachers of schools and the employers of businesses that have to deal poor quality outcomes. This life interfering …show more content…
In Ray Bradbury’s eye-opening dystopian text, Fahrenheit 451, one of the characters, Clarisse McClellan is the perfect example of the 9% of teenagers who don’t own mobile phones. Clarisse dares to be a pedestrian and a thinker, making her different to most. She believes in books and is seen as an “outcast”. If Clarisse was a student in high school today, she’d be bullied to an extent only because she wouldn’t own a phone. Bullying campaigns spend money to prevent bullying, they see it, but can’t figure out the trigger to be able to stop it. It’s …show more content…
Well no, some teachers allow students to listen to music to keep them from associating with other students when doing independent work, yet they could just message or Snapchat one another.
We get paid to go to work, complete tasks, achieve goals and then we go home. Unmistakably the decreasing levels of productivity in the workplace are due to the invasion of personal mobiles or using the work computer for personal endeavours. The development of this technology along with the internet allows staff to easily post on Facebook or add a pair of shoes to their shopping cart on the Tony Bianco website. Technology has created a large advancement in the workforce and how it runs yet these distractions brings this advancement three steps backwards. According to Career Builder study in 2016, 8 in 10 people (83%) own smartphones with 82% of them keeping their phones in close proximity at work. Studies show that the productivity levels in the workplace have decreased due to smartphones by 55%, the internet by 41% and social media by 37%. Undoubtedly, technological distractions are the number 1 distraction effective causing less productivity and work