Floppy Disks to Flash Drives; A Look Back on Computers’ Effect in Classrooms The essay begins with a quote from the author’s elementary-school-aged daughter about how she had thought that her lesson at school that day involving a PowerPoint was boring and it uses this to transition onto the main point and thesis statement, “The text and material covered is still the same boring grammar and spelling lessons, but the educator has altered: It is a screen.” The point Bohnhorst tries to convey in her essay is that the creativity and social learning of students in elementary school may be hindered by the ever increasing amount of computers and other technology in classrooms.
However, despite her stance Bohnhorst also engages opposing claims in her writing. She does this by including one of the reasons that the Texas Board of Education has cited for schools’ interest in increasing technology in the classroom. The reason being, that it may be more cost effective than purchasing textbooks for every subject and student. She also states that it is necessary for computer education to be included in schools if the children are to …show more content…
While the writer is clearly concerned for future generations of students and is attempting to persuade readers against over using technology in the classroom, there is one other factor that should be taken into consideration. The essay had been written for a college class so the original intended audience was her professor and also possibly her classmates depending on whether or not her class presented their essays in some fashion. This might have influenced her writing by giving her reason to be more sympathetic towards whichever side her professor was in favor of with the intent of it being graded more leniently. Whichever side that the majority of the class was on also might have had some sway over her decision as
However, despite her stance Bohnhorst also engages opposing claims in her writing. She does this by including one of the reasons that the Texas Board of Education has cited for schools’ interest in increasing technology in the classroom. The reason being, that it may be more cost effective than purchasing textbooks for every subject and student. She also states that it is necessary for computer education to be included in schools if the children are to …show more content…
While the writer is clearly concerned for future generations of students and is attempting to persuade readers against over using technology in the classroom, there is one other factor that should be taken into consideration. The essay had been written for a college class so the original intended audience was her professor and also possibly her classmates depending on whether or not her class presented their essays in some fashion. This might have influenced her writing by giving her reason to be more sympathetic towards whichever side her professor was in favor of with the intent of it being graded more leniently. Whichever side that the majority of the class was on also might have had some sway over her decision as