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This study aims to determine problems experienced by students regarding their technological addictions during the COVID-19 pandemic period and teachers’ opinions about solution suggestions. The study was designed with the phenomenology method, one of the qualitative research methods. The study group consists of 20 teachers working at different levels in Sur and Yenişehir districts of Diyarbakır province. The maximum variation sampling technique was preferred as the most suitable for sample selection. The data were obtained by interview method and a semi-structured interview form was used to get opinions about the participants. The study was carried out in the fall semester of the 2021-2022 academic year. Opinions are presented within the framework of two basic sub-problems. As a result of the study the teachers stated that while students expressed the problems caused by technology addiction, they faced problems such as avoiding healthy eating, sedentary life, focusing problems, lack of self-confidence, increasing tendency to violence and being unable to express themselves. The teachers stated as solution suggestions that parents, school management and themselves should work on this issue. They emphasized the need for parents to communicate and spare time with their children, and for the school administration to prepare posters and organize social activities. It was seen that the teachers brought into the forefront the importance of being a role model and parent-school cooperation as the main point of preventing technology addiction in students.