Summary Of Cyberslacking In Shanghai By Ruth Starkmam

Ruth Starkmam, author of cyberslacking in Shanghai: What My Students Taught Me weighs the pros and cons in a very well thought out and experience oriented essay. Starkman starts out by introducing the term cyber-slacking. 'Cyberslacking', "the act of avoiding work and/or other responsibilities by scouring the internet in search of games or other non-work related amusements." ("Cyberslacking Definition | Investopedia 2015. ) While establishing credibility as a college professor and has taught in a classroom in Shanghai.
The basis of the article is to identify both sides of the argument, and aims to bring across the point that, the electronics industry is booming and seems to blaze a trail that never ends. Constantly the devices are getting faster easier, more productive, and helpful, slowly taking away our ability to think freely as some might say; or in the opinion of others, improving the lives of millions including their education every day.
The tone of the article; being that she
On one hand she says, “When I permitted devices I also noticed that students felt less inclined to physical activity and social interaction,”(Huffington Post, Starkman 2015) however, in another statement she adds how the students feel it benefits their education more than hurts it. “Sometimes I missed something in the discussion, and I didn’t want to disrupt the class or get in trouble for whispering to a friend, so I looked it up on my phone and then sometimes the answers I found helped me ask my question in a better way that helped me more and the other students too.”(Huffington Post 2015) Overall the theme of her analysis of the technology era in the classroom is that what we are trying to stop is inevitable, “when instructors’ policies keep laptops closed, tablets and phones turned off, we are closing the door on what is real and relevant in student lives.” (Huffington Post, Morris