Free Inquiry: Process Post 1

For our inquiry project, our learning pod is working on the impact of social media on our attention spans. How does social media usage affect productivity, focus, and learning in digital environments? 

As we begin to work for the inquiry project, our learning pod created a google document where we listed out the tasks to be accomplished and  delegated them among the learning pod. This week’s tasks included: 

• Gathering research/stats that discuss the social media use in teenagers and its impacts 
• Looking into Australia ban on social media usage for teenagers and does that have a positive impact when compared to the US and/or Canada  
• Looking through the course content to find research on how social media is used in education and learning

Another aspect of the inquiry includes understanding our social media habits (that we will work collectively as a group):

• Stats: average screentime, most common app used, how many time is the phone unlocked 
• Reflection: When do we tend to use social media, and does that have any significant impacts in our learning (distractions)
• Future implications: Would limiting social media use have any changes on our ability to learn better (ie. improved attention spans) 

Our learning pod has been working on gathering resources, summarizing them and tying them together in our collaborative work space. So far, we have been able to start gathering sources, but due to time conflicts it is hard to find a time where all of us can discuss our findings. However, the collaborative google document has been extremely helpful in keeping all of us updated on what our pod is working on.