Should Tablets Be Used? Schools All Over The Nation?

The biggest problem with today’s education is how rapid technology is advancing. So rapid, in fact, that schools are attempting to keep up, but are sadly falling short. Teachers are being required to incorporate new technology into their everyday methods of teaching. The use of IPads or laptops in classrooms can be helpful to both teachers and students(edreform online classes)”. If a teacher is not overly familiar with the new devices, then the students will lose what little time they have to learn. As a teacher is attempting to fix technical problems in one class, the class that has a tech savvy teacher will be advancing far ahead. On the other hand, if a classroom is full of students who are very unfamiliar with the technology will have to be taught how to operate it, which wastes valuable time. In today’s society technology usage is so much more widespread than it was just five years ago. The new toys can allow schools to broaden their curriculum. Since most work can be done on a single device, kids can work at their own pace and potentially reach heights they could never reach with book, pen, and paper. The benefits of this new tech greatly outweigh the downsides. The biggest problem with technology in classrooms is their lack of use. So few schools have jumped on board with these programs, and therefore are holding their kids back. These products are readily available, but “the use of new technology

The overuse of some types of technology in our everyday lives, resulting in a diminished value for knowledge and education, is a growing problem in our society. For example, instead of focusing on reading a book many young adults will go on Instagram, YouTube, or Snapchat, which offer shortened

This idea that the physical action of such seemingly meaningless tasks makes me want to leave my phone aside for the few hours I spend at school, learning and enriching my mind. These articles have clarified for me that the negative outcomes of technology in learning prevent my mind from absorbing knowledge. My academic work, whether it be in high school or college, will constantly deteriote if I let technology overpower my ability to think and learn. It is not even the fact that the use of technology will probably lower my grades, but the possibility of not growing or learning makes me realize that the consequences of technology use in the classrom are some that I will avoid and prevent by allowing myself to use my senses and knowledge to gain new ideas and experiences. Such implicaitons are ones that I wish to not face and will do so by simply setting my phone aside to learn, and by letting go of the temptation that technology can be, in such a modern, tech-savy

Students even admit that outside of the classroom their iPads are not used for educational use they are used for games or social media, they spent over 76% of their time on their iPad. Of over 6000 students only two students said they do not think they are a distraction and 302 teachers surveyed only one did not think the IPads were a distraction. iPads are also really expensive at Columbia public schools they spent $350,000 on 1,100 iPads so schools are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars for their students to be distracted throughout the day so it is not really worth it.

Most people know the feeling getting in their comfy clothes and sitting down to watch a new episode of their favorite tv show on the laptop. The popcorn laying by ones’s side. Their butter fingers across the keys, while each image is illuminating your face. Their phone is buzzing from the Snapchats. In this generation, people cling to some type of electronic device. “According to the US Department of Education and studies by the National Training and Simulation Association Technology-based instruction can reduce the time students take to reach a learning objective by 30-80%”(ProCon.org). In a classroom, teachers are able to take their class around the world electronically to look at the development of civilizations in Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Latin America. Also, students are able to take virtual trips and collaborate with other students around the world and research in the best libraries

Imagine being a kid in the 1980’s. Kids back in those days would run around outside all day, using their imagination to create imaginary worlds to travel to imaginary places that made way for creative ideas and inventions as they grew older. One of those inventions turned out to be the tablet, the iPhone, or the netbook. Basically anything that made everything easier. Everything is now easier. One can simply look up an article and read it on their computer or phone, or research the latest fashion trends without having to keep updated on the latest magazine. Easier is okay. Let’s make things easier, but it’s when the easier starts finding its way into school systems. Easy technology usage becomes a problem when it creeps into our school, when the unreliable, and brainwashing abilities of technology creep into the minds of the young to hurt their ability to actually truly learn and experience life for what it should be.

Schools argue that these tablets or other technological devices are a cost burden on the school district since they have to pay and maintain a higher bandwidth cost, in addition to the initial cost of purchasing the tablets.“Implementation costs for e-textbooks on iPad tablets are 552% higher than new print textbooks in an average high school, and the annual cost per student per class with tablets is $71.55 vs. $14.26 for print textbooks” (“Should Tablets Replace Textbooks in K-12 Schools?” 3). This comparison demonstrates that schools are paying more per student out of the tax based budget. For schools with weak support from the government or community, it becomes challenging for them to maintain a balanced budget.

Textbooks can weigh up to 15 pounds on a student's back. This weight can cause backache and later turn into other problems, like scoliosis. This back pain can affect students concentration. A study done by David Siambanes of the Inland Empire Spine Center in Riverside, California. The study found that most students said that their back hurt from their backpacks; 64% reported having back pain some time . In students reporting pain, about 90% said their back pain was very bad. This back pain can cause students to lose focus and even miss class or school from the unbearable pain.

Not every student is comfortable with technology, and many do not have an interest in it beyond using their smartphones to text, watching videos on YouTube, or playing games. Furthermore, it is rather assuming to think

Every student deserves the most effective teaching materials in the classroom. Textbooks are not supplying what students need to achieve success throughout his/her education; therefore, tablets/computers should be used over textbooks. There are multiple advantages and disadvantages to taking textbooks out of classrooms throughout the United States.

“Are we going to prepare kids for their future, or our past? If we aren’t using technology, we aren’t preparing them for the future” says Sister Patricia Clune, Superintendent in Kansas City (Galitzine). Many kids develop back problems at an early age from carrying heavy textbooks(Tablets). Electronic devices weigh much lighter than textbooks making it a more suitable option for kids (Tablets). Textbooks need to be constantly updated but by using electronic devices schools can easily update books electronically at a much cheaper cost (Tablets).There are numerous tools found online that educators can use to encourage students to be more innovative and creative with their learning (Hilgedick). The support for electronic devices is

Laptops can cost money and the schools would have to pay. Laptops at retail price could cost about $300. If a Laptop breaks the school would have to pay to repair it and the school would also have to get a replaced for the student. Textbooks are much more durable and may outlast a traditional Laptop. A Laptop may also be used by a student to cheat on homework or on a quiz. This can lead to many problems because if the student has access to all the answers he or she will not learn. They will just look up everything on the Laptop.

If we look at society today and compare it with our society a couple of decades ago, we can see a noticable change in technological advances. Before people gawked at even the prospect of video chatting with someone not even in the same continent. Contradicting that, today’s students and children are considered digital natives. Digital native is a term that describes someone who has grown up with digital technology around them, someone who does not know life before digital technology. Having a computer in every household as well as every school has exponentially increased student’s awareness of technology and also broadened their horizons about the global economy. Students today use cell phones that can do almost anything imaginable such as getting real time updates on their

The use of tablets in classrooms as a learning aid are becoming more prevalent in Canada recently. Some view this as a good thing, others not so much. In my eyes, my main concern with this educational strategy is not the actual use of tablets, it’s the use solely of Apple’s infamous iPad tablets. I believe Ontario’s investment of $150 million (John Riety, 2014) into buying iPads for schools is not a good way to spend the taxpayers money when alternative options are available, and it displays presence of neoliberalism (T. Davidson, personal communications, September 25 2015) and government affiliation with a private company that potentially creates future consumers for said company from the education system, in this case Apple Inc.

Many achievements have been accomplished in recent decades in almost every area of technology in connection to engineering, computer science, manufacturing, medicine, and etc. In today 's current times, technology impacts individuals directly or indirectly from laptop to smart phones usage for personal use, at work, home and school. College students have been directly influence by the new technology in their studies since now day’s personal laptop is a requirement for certain classes, assignments are now being posted and answers submitted on online, there is an increase demand for online courses, many of the research is now online base, VARIOUS courses now offer online books and so forth. Technology has now become a second