Technology is quickly becoming a controversy in the classroom. In this article, “The Digital Parent Trap,” there are many ways the author, Eliana Dockterman uses evidence, facts and other persuasive elements to present her argument. Her side of the argument is that there are benefits to early exposure of technology. Dockterman takes a unique approach when presenting her argument.
The author starts out with some general information of kids and technology. This introduces the evidence that supports the fact that this is a tech savvy generation and says gives the pros and cons to using technology in the classroom and giving it to younger children. She states that 27% of children use tablets, 43% use phones and 52% use laptops and that schools such as the ones in Los Angeles County will spend $30 million on ipads for the classroom. In the paragraph after that, she says that parents spend up to $24,000 to send their kids to “digital detox” schools. She presents both sides of the argument on the first two paragraphs of the prompt and then backs up all her information with raw …show more content…
Along with good word choice and using a variety of sentence structures, the author uses a quote from a principal of a tech center saying, “If you look at applying for college or a job, that’s on the computer.” This brings the reader in emotionally because if you don’t know how to use technology, then you might not be able to get a job or get into college. In this generation, almost everything is on the computer and she says that aside from the benefits of learning from it, it also prepares you for bigger things in life like getting a job and getting into a good college to get that job. Eliana Dockterman also uses an array of different word choices to fulfil her purpose of persuading her reader that technology is beneficial early in life. She uses words like cognitive and unfetted to pull her reader
The author starts out with some general information of kids and technology. This introduces the evidence that supports the fact that this is a tech savvy generation and says gives the pros and cons to using technology in the classroom and giving it to younger children. She states that 27% of children use tablets, 43% use phones and 52% use laptops and that schools such as the ones in Los Angeles County will spend $30 million on ipads for the classroom. In the paragraph after that, she says that parents spend up to $24,000 to send their kids to “digital detox” schools. She presents both sides of the argument on the first two paragraphs of the prompt and then backs up all her information with raw …show more content…
Along with good word choice and using a variety of sentence structures, the author uses a quote from a principal of a tech center saying, “If you look at applying for college or a job, that’s on the computer.” This brings the reader in emotionally because if you don’t know how to use technology, then you might not be able to get a job or get into college. In this generation, almost everything is on the computer and she says that aside from the benefits of learning from it, it also prepares you for bigger things in life like getting a job and getting into a good college to get that job. Eliana Dockterman also uses an array of different word choices to fulfil her purpose of persuading her reader that technology is beneficial early in life. She uses words like cognitive and unfetted to pull her reader