Sentences with phrase «smartphones as a distraction»

In the meantime, the progressive teachers, have stopped considering smartphones as a distraction and started motivating students to use them as an independent knowledge source.

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Meanwhile, Uber drivers are tapping on smartphones as they navigate and confirm pick - ups and drop - offs, a distraction that may increase collision risk.

Yet, as Pascal observed, we are always on the lookout for such distractions, and the escape the Smartphone offers us is extremely attractive.

As a group, moms were distracted during 43 percent of all feeding sessions, with 26 percent of those distractions involving technology (20 percent of the time watching TV, 5 percent using a smartphone and 1 percent using a computer).

In a BabyCenter survey of more than 3,000 moms, half reported letting kids younger than 3 play with their smartphone — mostly as a distraction.

«Smartphones may contribute to these symptoms by serving as a quick and easy source of distraction,» Kushlev said.

If most of your time is spent on a smartphone, you should first clean out unnecessary distractions on your device and include your phone as a major part of your digital detox, which we'll get to later.

The likely explanation for this is that laptops (and likely smartphones, as well) increase the availability of distractions.

And yet, despite the power and presence of smartphones in our everyday lives, many teachers still see them as distractions.

As for smartphone gaming I am totally with the guys on it being a distraction.

With tens of thousands of apps currently available for the iPad and iPhone, there is certainly no shortage of distractions to keep us smartphone - wielding humans entertained — but as it turns out, we're not the only ones who could benefit from bit of beguilement.

As a result, some cyclists do use their smartphone while riding their bicycle, and this distraction can lead to preventable accidents with another cyclist, pedestrians, and motor vehicles.

Plus, its apps look simpler than their smartphone counterparts, helping to eliminate as many distractions as possible.

Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets are ubiquitous in children's lives.1 — 3 Parental use of mobile devices in playgrounds, restaurants, or other public venues with children has received criticism in the lay press, 4,5 with concern that parental distraction by these devices may affect child safety or emotional well - being.

For this exercise, eliminate distractions such as television, video games, and smartphones for 10 minutes a day.