With several Internet findings claiming that increased exposure to technology is rewiring students brains, a recent survey, however, begs to differ. Multiple learning and speech specialists don’t buy the argument that technology is making us less attentive.

According to them, these debates fail to acknowledge or realise that students can educate themselves in this digital era to be more attentive. Teachers and parents can help guide students in the right direction. Meditation, conscious digital behaviour tracking are a few of the techniques that help.

Along with employing new techniques, the survey also suggests that the current education system should adjust to better accommodate the way students learn. What the generation of parents and teachers are labelling as ‘distraction’, are a failure of adults to see how kids these days process information. It is the judgement of a generation.

What’s more, the survey revealed that many teachers consider technology to be a positively impactful educational tool. Nearly 75 per cent teachers surveyed in the research said that the Internet and search engines had a “mostly positive” impact on student research skills and that “such tools had made students more self-sufficient researchers.” Students themselves agree. School children reportedly scored higher on exams after being equipped with technology in classrooms and/or at home.