The Impact of Digital Reading and Technology on Learning and Multitasking

The author describes many impacts and one of them is that because of digital reading, Browsing and scanning becomes the principle in reading. One advantage to the companies is that they don’t need to print in papers and it is also environmental healthy for you don’t need to cut more trees for paper. The last thing that the author stated is that people became impatient that for if they clicked it and not appear in 3 seconds they will move to the next page that can be used.

The author also describes about the Digital Reading Behavior. The author talks about the difference between print media and digital media of reading and if there is a difference between them. Next is that the author describes if people tend to prefer either print or digital media. Then, another one is Multitasking and Learning if people can still multitask while reading and to learn between print and digital. Lastly, it talks about the Technological advancement and Traditional attachment.

Regarding the research, this research is a perfect introduction for everyone because today many people today uses gadgets as a medium of reading even in schools students and teachers are recommended by schools in the Philippines to use their phones, tablets, laptops and etc. (Librero, Ramos, Ranga, Triñona, & Lambert, 2007). In general, this study is a very good topic to be discussed in today for everybody is using it but the school today still prefer and use the traditional kind of teaching with a use of Chalks or Markers. and boards for it keeps them active in class. (Armour, Schneid & Brandl, 2016).

It is true that people are easily distracted when they are reading digital but it is not because of browsing and skimming. We are easily distracted because how is our technology is used that in a click of a button you can already play games and not read because in the 3rd quarter of 2019 that there approximately 2,470,00 total number of apps in the app stores that can easily distract you when you try to read using your gadgets. (Statista, 2019). About the difference between Print vs Digital and Preference can be one topic to be squeezed on for people today have a debate on print and digital for reading medium is a difficult discussion for there are many aspects to look on and people today prefer both because it is portable and it is lowkey using it rather than printed, they also prefer printed for sharing (Allcott, 2019). Preference between Print and Digital is still in the hands of the user for it have pros and cons about stuff but if people use this because it is perfect for them pros and cons are useless. Reading on a printed material or a digital material, multitasking is still cannot be present on these things because our brain can only process things one by one and if we did it this way we can make our best output and if we multitask we are dividing the power of our brain and our brain is like a computer processor with one core it will stress and overload and still doesn’t provide a good output (Kubu & Machado, 2017). Multitasking may be good for some because they finished something but in reality multitasking making our society worse (Gorlick, 2009). The process of learning still depend on the people because every person learns differently from one another, for there are many kinds of learners and how they behave (Beers, 2006). In the span of just 3 decades that from 0 to 75% of the world’s population have smartphones, it just a simple cell phone but it is a phone that has a camera that can shoot photos, and more. (Fischer-Baum, 2017). Based from the results that technology truly advanced through the years in the Digital Age. Due to the advancement of technology people prefer digital reading for they are many things to say but one reason is that they can still read ebooks even though it is dark. Traditional attachment is weird for this is just an obsession for it is said by the author.

We can see that it is a good research but based from the results that this study is only focus on the Western culture. This research could improve if it involves Asia and Africa with it because technology not only evolved in the West but also in the East like Japan (National Research Council, 1992).

As a student who is a part of a school that vision to be a globally competitive research school, this study truly is the start of the digital reading for even I myself uses technology that much. Even if I need to research, I go to google scholar this research shows the awareness between the people who are using digital as a medium and printed as a medium. People should research more about digital reading for we are going there where everything is digital for we are already experiencing and using it in our today’s society and that is the future.The author describes many impacts and one of them is that because of digital reading, Browsing and scanning becomes the principle in reading. One advantage to the companies is that they don’t need to print in papers and it is also environmental healthy for you don’t need to cut more trees for paper. The last thing that the author stated is that people became impatient that for if they clicked it and not appear in 3 seconds they will move to the next page that can be used.

The author also describes about the Digital Reading Behavior. The author talks about the difference between print media and digital media of reading and if there is a difference between them. Next is that the author describes if people tend to prefer either print or digital media. Then, another one is Multitasking and Learning if people can still multitask while reading and to learn between print and digital. Lastly, it talks about the Technological advancement and Traditional attachment.

Regarding the research, this research is a perfect introduction for everyone because today many people today uses gadgets as a medium of reading even in schools students and teachers are recommended by schools in the Philippines to use their phones, tablets, laptops and etc. (Librero, Ramos, Ranga, Triñona, & Lambert, 2007). In general, this study is a very good topic to be discussed in today for everybody is using it but the school today still prefer and use the traditional kind of teaching with a use of Chalks or Markers. and boards for it keeps them active in class. (Armour, Schneid & Brandl, 2016).

It is true that people are easily distracted when they are reading digital but it is not because of browsing and skimming. We are easily distracted because how is our technology is used that in a click of a button you can already play games and not read because in the 3rd quarter of 2019 that there approximately 2,470,00 total number of apps in the app stores that can easily distract you when you try to read using your gadgets. (Statista, 2019). About the difference between Print vs Digital and Preference can be one topic to be squeezed on for people today have a debate on print and digital for reading medium is a difficult discussion for there are many aspects to look on and people today prefer both because it is portable and it is lowkey using it rather than printed, they also prefer printed for sharing (Allcott, 2019). Preference between Print and Digital is still in the hands of the user for it have pros and cons about stuff but if people use this because it is perfect for them pros and cons are useless. Reading on a printed material or a digital material, multitasking is still cannot be present on these things because our brain can only process things one by one and if we did it this way we can make our best output and if we multitask we are dividing the power of our brain and our brain is like a computer processor with one core it will stress and overload and still doesn’t provide a good output (Kubu & Machado, 2017). Multitasking may be good for some because they finished something but in reality multitasking making our society worse (Gorlick, 2009). The process of learning still depend on the people because every person learns differently from one another, for there are many kinds of learners and how they behave (Beers, 2006). In the span of just 3 decades that from 0 to 75% of the world’s population have smartphones, it just a simple cell phone but it is a phone that has a camera that can shoot photos, and more. (Fischer-Baum, 2017). Based from the results that technology truly advanced through the years in the Digital Age. Due to the advancement of technology people prefer digital reading for they are many things to say but one reason is that they can still read ebooks even though it is dark. Traditional attachment is weird for this is just an obsession for it is said by the author.

We can see that it is a good research but based from the results that this study is only focus on the Western culture. This research could improve if it involves Asia and Africa with it because technology not only evolved in the West but also in the East like Japan (National Research Council, 1992).

As a student who is a part of a school that vision to be a globally competitive research school, this study truly is the start of the digital reading for even I myself uses technology that much. Even if I need to research, I go to google scholar this research shows the awareness between the people who are using digital as a medium and printed as a medium. People should research more about digital reading for we are going there where everything is digital for we are already experiencing and using it in our today’s society and that is the future.