Post Discussion: Technology and Bullying Students of the Digital Age want to use technology in all aspects of their lives because they are familiar with it and understand it. This can be incorporated into daily educational tasks -- however, there should be some cautionary factors in place. Some cautionary factors can be positive while others can be negative. One way to include digital media would be to open a learning environment that is less rigid than the traditional "brick and mortar school" concept -- that allows students to manage their time on their own, so long as they complete assignments using the various multi-sensory media available to them (Koonce, 2016, p. 249). While this would be a good, positive factor, one negative factor is that there has been almost no data compiled as to how this would work in a real world scenario -- and the need for quality controls would impair the project's effectiveness (Koonce, 2016, p. 249). At the same time that digital technology can be used to involve students more fully in the educative process, there are warnings from academics that this should not come at the expense of traditional core studies (Koonce, 2016, p. 261). Thus, the exchange has to be worked...

As Brody (2015) notes "screen addiction is taking a toll on children" and this means that too much screen time at too early an age can actually frustrate the development process in terms of the whole-child being educated rather than just a particular function.
One way around this issue may be to have learning stations, where digital media could be used for assigned tasks or at assigned times -- and in this way "on-task behavior" could be promoted (Rollins, 2014, p. 110). This could help to ensure that digital time is monitored and quality controlled but also that it is utilized to enhance the educative process.

One other area of concern associated with digital use is the issue of cyber-bullying. Educators should attempt to effectively deal with all types of bullying by adopting a zero tolerance policy towards it. This means that…