Another member of the digital addiction food group – the iPhone

People have long talked about their Crackberry, and many iPhone users have known that a similar addictions to the “insta-stim” data stream that can be provided by their device, but now there is proof. Respondents used their device to replace their watches, they reported that they were more likely to forget their wallet than their iPhone and they called the devices “doorways to the world”. Personally, I have been a Crackberry user and now I’m ‘droid – never leaving home without my brain, but regardless of the platform, the ability to have your information in one location combined with the ability to get more information is certainly addicting in this information based world. But the thought of bringing into the educational sphere something that is addicting is somewhat problematic – do we really want your students to become addicted to gathering, storing and making use of information in a context specific manner? I don’t know, but I’m sure someone will tell me one day.