On Computers In Classrooms: Please Proceed With Caution ! Analysis

In the passage “ On Computers in Classrooms: Please Proceed with Caution!” The author’s claim is you should be very careful on deciding whether you really want to get a laptop for students, even though there is many good things about it, you should still be aware of the possible disadvantages of giving these students laptops. I strongly disagree with this author, and believe that students should be given laptops for school. The Internet is one of the biggest things trending world wide, Most parents/older people are less likely to understand the Internet because they didn’t grow up with it, they personally think the internet is bad for you but they think this because they feel like kids need to live life the hard way like they did at one time. They use to have to look through a whole library full of books to find information on a certain topic, but why do that when you can do it at a click of a button. Learning is so much faster with laptops because they have information at the tips of their fingers, and if you think about it, Schools have more time to …show more content…
So many kids are afraid of raising their hands and looking stupid in front of the class if they get the wrong answer. From Put a Laptop in Each Lap! the passage says “ Teachers report that students who used computers in the classroom showed gains in confidence. These students also tended to develop confidence in their own abilities and judgement and take risks that they might not otherwise have taken.” This evidence clearly shows that these kids are becoming way more confident which makes them more participant in class which every teacher wants. At the end of this all, Laptops should definitely be in schools because of how much they help students learn and grow as students compared as if they didn’t have laptops. Why wouldn’t you want your child to be the smartest they can be? Without a laptop they are less likely to reach their true potential, do you really want