In Matt Richtel's article, Growing Up Digital Wired for Distraction, he discusses the many distractions students are surrounded by technology that take a toll on their concentration and concentration. 'learning. But in Susan Ferdon's article, Positive Effects of Using Technology in K-12 Education, she states that technology-based programs incorporated into the curriculum have positive effects on students' basic skills and critical thinking. Ritchel's article focuses on the disadvantages of using technology, while Ferdon's article focuses on the advantages of technology programs in education. Despite the different points of view of these articles, both authors are analyzing the benefits and negative effects of technology use among young people. According to Ferdon, there is evidence to support the claim that the use of technology integrated into the curriculum has a positive effect on students' academic performance. Ferdon proposes that existing research shows that the use of technology in an educational context has a positive effect on student achievement and to support this claim the author uses Schacter's research as evidence. Schachter (1999) determined that “students who have access to computer-assisted instruction or integrated learning systems technologies show positive improvements in achievement (p. 3). When students use technology as a tool or support, for example to communicate with each other, they play an active rather than passive role as a recipient of information conveyed by a teacher, textbook, or broadcast. In this way the student actively makes choices about how to obtain, manipulate and display information. Furthermore, when technology is used as a tool to support students in completing homework, students find themselves in the position of, definitively... at the center of the paper... and being surrounded by smartphones and other technological devices is not only disconcerting but it has a negative impact on the student's academic performance. Ferdon realizes that although the use of technology often promotes collaboration and cooperation among students in these case studies, there are still concerns about duplication of such data because no two schools or classrooms are alike. In conclusion, the Internet is a true collaborative force in education, as the involvement of any form of technology does not guarantee substantial effects on the quality of education. Technology is the reason for the decline of critical thinking and analysis. Reading for pleasure improves thinking and engages the imagination in a way that visual media like television do not." Finally, the use of technology among young people has both positive and negative effects.