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Floppy Disk Fallacies By Elizabeth Bohnhorst

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The Evolution of Technology What if all through schooling, grades first through twelfth, the use of any technology was not allowed? Not even as a learning resource or tool? What would our world be like today? Elizabeth Bohnhorst, author of Floppy Disk Fallacies, believes that technology is having a negative impact on students and that it is taking away from their education. Bohnhorst wrote her essay in 2005, when computers were still an essential in every day life; it was only ten years ago. Technology has evolved quite a bit, but I can still remember sitting in my freshman high school classes, with multiple computers in every classroom, there to assist us with research, media, and learning programs. Learning about and how technology works at an early age is critical for students and young adults to succeed in their future. …show more content…

Future employers will expect every person they hire to know how to send a proper email, and that is something they do not teach you during training! Bohnhorst believes that the only difference from learning and learning with technology is that there is a screen sitting in front of the student (251). Learning with technology will [slowly] assist the students the in’s and out’s of working technology and computers. What does Bohnhorst think of college classes in 2015? Online classes are a very popular option for the working college student and professors allow laptops in their classrooms for note taking and research. Students need to learn now, in the classrooms, so they are prepared for what’s thrown at them down the

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