1.)

Before: Upon closer inspection, however, the little girl can be seen gliding her chubby fingers across the magazine pages in swiping, tapping and clenching motions, her furrowed brow and disgruntled babbling indicating her dissatisfaction with the outcome of her efforts.

After:  Upon closer inspection, however, the little girl can be seen gliding her chubby fingers across the magazine pages in swiping, tapping and clenching motions. The furrowed brow and disgruntled babbling she displays indicate her obvious dissatisfaction with the outcome of her efforts.

2.)

Before:  With each touch she applies to the device, the young girl is able to make the screen of the Ipad shift, scroll, and zoom: the same results, the viewer realizes, she was expecting when interacting with the magazine.

After: With each touch she applies to the device, the young girl is able to make the screen of the Ipad shift, scroll, and zoom. These results, the viewer realizes, were the same ones she was expecting when interacting with the magazine.

3.)

Before: Anderson highlights how the current education system treats technology as a magical tool that they believe will allow students to divide their attention in countless directions while still understanding the information when in fact students can’t possibly learn like this!

After: Anderson’s observation highlights the fact that young minds today have to divide their attention in numerous directions in order to keep up with the demands of technology related school work. Attempting to study a plethora of different programs can become increasingly distracting to these young minds. Therefore, in an attempt to get everything done, young minds are forced to resort to inefficient multitasking.

4.)

Before: Therefore, if a student is not great at memorizing content or dividing their attention to multitask, it is likely they could fail in school and feel as though their inability to keep up with the expectations that a tech based society is setting makes them inadequate.

After:  With the increasing presence of technology in schools, society is prioritizing multitasking and memorization over actual understanding of content.  Essentially, schools are sending a message that education is no longer about learning but rather about regurgitating information. In the event that a student does not demonstrate exceptionality in either the ability to multitask or memorize, it is likely they will fail by school standards today. This failure to keep up with a technology-based society leads young people to feel inadequate, thereby disrupting their emotional wellbeing.

5.)

Before:  If you’re having workers multitask to meet demands they will be less inefficient and more likely to produce “half assed” results from being overwhelmed = less progression in professional fields = negative!

After:  By overloading workers with technological demands that can only be met through multitasking, companies are overwhelming workers and increasing the likelihood of receiving poor quality products. Not only do the companies suffer, but the employees suffer as well. The stress employees feel from being overwhelmed by technological responsibilities deterrs their progress within their professional fields.