students are combining technology with inspiration, to create a wealth of resources and information available globally.

Technology is also advancing growth in the gaming industry, as technology related to game design and program development is developing at a rapid pace

In STEM subjects, the use of technology and the need for creativity go hand-in-hand. Technology provides the opportunities for learners of STEM students to be more creative than ever before.

By asking students to step outside their comfort zone and produce their own piece of media, we are asking students to be creative, to think in a variety of ways, and to apply their learning through the use of technology

Creativity has always been a part of a successful classroom, however recent advances in technology are making it possible to increase the ability for students to use their creativity in academia

It’s both. It’s complicated. And naturally, it depends a lot on what form of creativity you’re talking about. Here’s how one reader sums it up:

"So we're not more miserable. On the other hand, we're not more happy."

What people want is, 'I want to go to the lake for the weekend. I want to build a boat in my backyard. I want to do something that takes a lot of time in one aggregate, instead of a bunch of hour-and-a-half periods which are ideal for watching reruns of 'Seinfeld' and surfing the web for 45 minutes.'"

"You can feel that your time is never entirely your own. It's very difficult to switch off."

"Technology makes it easier to get what we want, when we want it, while remaining entirely alone,"

People often don't have time to participate in city or social organizations or even cook for their families

The decline in outdoor recreational activities is symptomatic of a shifting cultural landscape; it can be seen as a sign of how the world is changing--and not for the worse, but for the better. Increasingly, jobs in the United States rely on technology rather than manual labor,

In certain neighborhoods, parents discourage their children from playing outdoors because of safety concerns, whether crime or increased traffic

Outdoor recreation will always be an important part of growing up, but exposure to current technology helps young people become knowledgeable about the latest developments in media and communications, and imparts skills they will more than likely need in their future careers.

parents discourage their children from playing outdoors because of safety concerns, whether crime or increased traffic

While it is important to keep physically fit and maintain an appreciation for nature, it is equally important to recognize the role technology plays in modern society and to encourage young people to develop their interests and skills in these areas.

physical activity in schools has been shown by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education to not only promotes health, but to increase a child's performance in the classroom. A 2003 study by Sibley and Etnier notes that children who participated in physical activity saw improvement in perceptual skills, IQ, achievement, verbal and mathematical test scores, and developmental and academic readiness.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that children spend, on average, more than seven-and-a-half hours a day in front of television or computer screens.

Children today are not receiving the face-to-face interaction they need to develop emotional and intimate relationships.

This obesity epidemic is largely the consequence of a lack of physical activity. Instead of playing outside with friends, children are playing video games, surfing the Internet, or watching one of the hundreds of television channels now available. Outdoor recreation, therefore, is becoming more uncommon, while excessive exposure to technology is the new norm.

Children are particularly affected by media and technology as they have grown up surrounded by smart phones, computers, and other devices. Some exposure to technology is beneficial because it allows children to develop the technical skills they will need in their future academic and professional careers. However, the sedentary and reclusive lifestyle resulting from overexposure to technology is negatively affecting children's health.

Overexposure to technology deprives children of outdoor recreational opportunities and inhibits the development of social skills, stunts intellectual growth, and contributes to poor health and the obesity epidemic in today's youth.

She reminds parents that introducing kids to chores is easier when they’re young.

“I’ll do it for you because you can’t” and “No sense in your trying because I can do it faster and better,” writes Wyma.

“serve-me kids,” and it was time to change her parenting approach from “I love you, so let me make life easy for you” to “I love you, so I’m going to make you work.”

I do feel more in control. I’m less reactive and more intentional about where I put my attention. When I’m online, I try to resist surfing myself into a stupor. As often as possible, I try to ask myself, “Is this really what I want to be doing?”

Beyond spending too much time on the Internet and a diminishing attention span, I wasn’t eating the right foods. I drank way too much diet soda. I was having a second cocktail at night too frequently. I was no longer exercising every day, as I had nearly all my life.

Denial is any addict’s first defense. No obstacle to recovery is greater than the infinite capacity to rationalize our compulsive behaviors.

Addiction is the relentless pull to a substance or an activity that becomes so compulsive it ultimately interferes with everyday life.

Instead of reading them, I was spending too many hours online, checking the traffic numbers for my company’s website, shopping for more colorful socks on Gilt and Rue La La, even though I had more than I needed, and even guiltily clicking through pictures with irresistible headlines such as “Awkward Child Stars Who Grew Up to Be Attractive.”

I do feel more in control. I'm less reactive and more intentional about where I put my attention. When I'm online, I try to resist surfing myself into a stupor. As often as possible, I try to ask myself, ''Is this really what I want to be doing?''

Beyond spending too much time on the Internet and a diminishing attention span, I wasn't eating the right foods. I drank way too much diet soda. I was having a second cocktail at night too frequently. I was no longer exercising every day, as I had nearly all my life.

Denial is any addict's first defense. No obstacle to recovery is greater than the infinite capacity to rationalize our compulsive behaviors

Instead of reading them, I was spending too many hours online, checking the traffic numbers for my company's website, shopping for more colorful socks on Gilt and Rue La La, even though I had more than I needed, and even guiltily clicking through pictures with irresistible headlines such as ''Awkward Child Stars Who Grew Up to Be Attractive.''

Addiction is the relentless pull to a substance or an activity that becomes so compulsive it ultimately interferes with everyday life.

Technology enthusiasts contend that educational technology expands teacher and student access to resources, prepares students to join a technologically driven economy, and improves learning opportunities for students with disabilities.

Educational software has enabled students not only to perform research, but also to engage in more active learning

Learning tools, online resources, and assistive technologies have the potential to stoke creativity, increase retention, and reduce unnecessary obstacles to learning

Your brain really wants you to click on all of those cat photos. "The next time you wonder whether you're spending too much time on Facebook or BuzzFeed or whatever, just remind yourself: You're wasting time because your brain wants you to," writes my former colleague Megan Garber at the Atlantic.

New research suggests that our uncontrollable desire to click may be deeply rooted in human evolution.

but with people relying more on electronic devices, physical handwriting also is disappearing.

The prevalence of Facebook, Twitter and texting has all but obliterated punctuation, capitalization and apostrophes in schools, threatening the future of formal writing, educators say.

A virtual world is typically a multi-user, computer-based environment in which users interact with one another through pre-programmed avatars or digital representations of the user.

The use of digital technologies sees some teachers and students presenting information using templates, which means much of the individual character of teachers’ practices can be lost.

Play and leisure are as important in the creative process as hard work.

Basex, a research firm that specializes in technical issues in the workplace, reckons that information overload is responsible for economic losses of $900 billion a year at work.

The constant onslaught of information from smart phones, computers, and other digital devices has actually decreased productivity, creativity, and the quality of personal relationships.

Play is a remarkably creative process that fosters emotional health, imagination, original thinking, problem solving, critical thinking, and self-regulation.

Kids need first-hand engagement — they need to manipulate objects physically, engage all their senses, and move and interact with the 3-dimensional world.

We have many decades of theory and research in child development that tell us so much about how young children learn. We know that, like children all over the world and throughout time, children need to play.

Technology has expanded the boundaries of what’s possible with creative pursuits such as movie-making, music and graphic design. This has provided more scope for creativity, possibly even invited more participants to join in.

Technological innovations themselves require creative thought to get them going, otherwise how would we end up with Google, Uber or Air BnB?

Newsweek reported on the findings of a recent study that indicated that while intelligence scores have steadily risen, creativity scores have been declining since 1990

Aldous Huxley wrote Brave New World back in 1932 where he suggested a future in which humans sated a constant desire for distraction through technology. Thought could be kept at bay because we would simply zap any boredom by distracting ourselves with our technological devices.

When I was a kid, it was TV and computer games that were to bring the downfall of imaginations everywhere.

You can access basically anything you like online. There are templates for everything and even academic information is available all over the internet, resulting in more piracy and allegedly, less creative thought when it comes to academic settings.