There are always people using their phones, tablets, or laptops on a daily basis, even some schools make their students use technology. Even though technology is an outstanding invention, I think it's time for us to have a week of no technology. This is my opinion on whether or not we should have a screen free week. When we use technology we always get trapped into getting into distractions, at school, this could be very serious because it could get our brains off of school work.…
The article, “Why Laptops in Class Are Distracting America’s Future Workforce” was written by Timothy D. Snyder in 2010. His purpose in writing this article was to persuade professors against having laptops in the classroom because he feels they are a distraction. The arguments Snyder uses against laptops in classrooms are, they distract students’ attention, students miss out of the best part of American life, and he generalizes that this lack of attention will spill over into the workplace. Snyder discusses various online chatting forums such as Skype, Gchat, or iChat that students are engaged in on their laptops during class.…
Teachers have to fight kids to put them down just so they can focus on what is going on in the classroom. Kids who normally take notes are now playing games on their phone and failing their classes. It is shown that kids who use laptops in class score 11% lower on tests and quizzes. They showed that the laptop interfered with the students learning and ability to comprehend, therefore they scored lower on tests than the students who took notes with pencil/pen and paper (Devices in Class). Using computers, students may be allowed to click on and/or find inappropriate content that should not be in schools.…
In the article “Can Students Have too Much Tech?” ,Susan Pinker cares about Barack Obama’s policy regarding students having too much technology. Pinker is a stakeholder who is involved in the controversy by being a Psychologist and Columnist. However Pinker is not the only stakeholder in this article. President Obama’s is also a stakeholder because he is the one making the agenda to promise to expand the internet. President Obama found out that the kids coming from struggling families with network devices will not shrink the class in education, they will actually widen the education.(par.2)…
Diana-Moon Glampers, or as other people call her, the handicapper general defeated the world’s smartest and strongest man, in the year 2081. His name was George Bergeron. She pulled the trigger of her double barreled shotgun and it would spurt out its lethal bullets. He fell and instantly, he is dead. It was shown on live TV, where millions of people are watching.…
Think about a brain, which is totally destroyed and slowed, only obeys the orders and cannot decide with itself. It is amazed with the strong lights coming from electronic devices’ screens. A brain, which is addicted to technologic devices, and cannot do anything else but sitting in front of it pointlessly. This is what technology does to your brain. Yes, it can be helpful sometimes, in the areas of life, but, it may be fatal for body like cancer when it is used continually.…
Students feel it is better to have different forms of technology to do their homework and to have resources at the tip of their fingers. Schools often have Smart-boards, IPads, laptops, and e-books to help students with their homework and research topics. Technology gives students ideas for their projects and assignments to help them out, which is a good and effective tool to have. Yet, technology can be distracting for students, simply because of the fact people can access social media and games. Also phones have become a distraction and students can get caught texting rather than paying attention to a lesson.…
America’s gift to my generation was the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Before us, the previous generation acquired many of the same gifts, so former gifts that prior generations received are also our gifts that have been shared with us from them. My generation has received old gifts, like the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights gives us many rights as US citizens that many other countries don’t receive.…
One of the main reason kids are to come to school, is to learn, but phones are holding students back. As a result, ninety-four percent of high schoolers are on their smartphones daily throughout school. This situation is getting worse and worse everyday, kids are focused on being on there phone in class instead of learning. How are kids ever going to set good life goals, whenever there more focused on what’s going on in there phone, then what’s happening around them at school. However phones can be used as many things in class, phones should be put away during school hours, because phones are a distraction, decreases the time of learning, and kids can abuse the privilege by getting on social media.…
The “shut down your screen week” proposal is a wise decision. Multiple schools rely on many technology based programs to notify students about their assignments that are due. While people heavily depend on technology to do their homework, we also need to learn how to organize ourselves without technology. Although having one week of school without technology might waste a lot of paper, it won’t last very long and we learn very important skills that we will need later in our lives. There are many reasons why schools should have “shut down your screen week.…
Humans are replacing books with their screens in order to be entertained. Some could also argue that school is similar now. Many people believe that the things we learn in school will not be useful later in life and we should be learning more practical things in school. “Do you know why books such as this are so important? Because they have quality.…
In conclusion, the use of devices in classrooms is an overrated practice that although it has few advantages, damages students and their learning. Students across the globe tend to distract with computers, using them for entering social media and online games. One of the most alarming aspects of this phenomenon is plagiarism. As corroborated above, there is a significant increase in the rate of plagiarism (of about 26%) this is a symptom of the lack of thinking in students.…
Teachers feel as though tablets are a huge distraction in the classroom. Students would feel the need to go on to websites such as Facebook or Pinterest. However, all schools would have to do is block these websites. B. Summary: Schools should replace textbooks with tablets in K-12 schools. Tablets will help students improve their learning by providing hundreds of digital textbooks and educational apps, prevents backpack-related injuries, and increases motivation and…
Should We Allow Electronic Devices at School? There is a debate around the question, “Should electronics be allowed at school?” Many people think electronics should be allowed a school, while many others think otherwise. Research shows that kids should be allowed to bring electronics to school.…
Today we depend on our electronics devices to work. Firstly, at school we need the computer in order to write different tasks. Secondly, we the internet access to find relevant information and to use “it’s learning”.…