Learning Obstacles

I think that today one of the biggest obstacles to a child's learning is the internet.  the internet is a very helpful tool for learning, but at the same time it can be incredibly distracting.  Things like facebook and websites with games can distract people from getting things done.  For the last few years in my classes half of the students would just use the internet for games during our lab time and then turn in their assignments late and say it wasn't their fault.  Since the internet is always expanding it makes it harder for kids to pay attention to just one thing.