When life isn’t going well, we find ways to escape. One easy escape is video gaming. A deputy principal recently told me that during COVID-19 lockdown many of his ATAR students developed an addiction to playing massive online multiplayer games. These students had lost all motivation to study. These addictive games have become a refuge […]
Your phone is like a bag of artificially flavoured cheesy corn chips. Have you ever opened up a bag of corn chips and noticed you couldn’t stop eating them? This is no accident. It’s not that you’re overindulgent or have a weakness for corn chips. Food scientists work hard at figuring out the bliss point […]
Are you in control of technology? Or is technology in control of you? Let’s do a quick check in: • Is there a smartphone in your pocket? • Music in your ears? • Do you have two, three or 20 browser tabs open with articles you plan to read? • Have you received a notification […]
The average person spends 16 minutes on Facebook every time they login. The Yellow Social Media Report 2018 states: Multiplying average time spent by average usage occasions indicates that the typical user is spending almost 10 hours a week on Facebook. 10 hours a week! Do that for an entire year? That’s 520 hours (nearly […]
Dr Jane Genovese delivers interactive sessions on learning to learn, combating procrastination, exam preparation, how to focus in the age of distraction, habit formation and much, much more!
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