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Should laptops replace textbooks in the classrooms?

  • s8545594
  • Apr 14, 2016
  • 1 min read

Claim:Laptops should not replace textbooks in school because laptops are huge distractions for classroom use.

Evidence:"Students may pay attention to apps, email, games, and websites instead of their teachers. 87% of K-12 teachers believe that "today’s digital technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short attention spans."Four-fifths of students aged 8 - 18 multitask while using digital media."

Explanation:This quote is explaining how the tablet wasn’t been used to its full potential. Students did relatively little reading on their tablets and outside of the classroom, their tablets were mostly used for fun, not work. Another disadvantage of tablets in the classroom is their tendency to freeze, crash or get infected with malware. A school day can easily get messed up due to a successful widespread hacking. Also, the typical usage hours of most tablets are shorter than school day lengths. School charging will present additional challenges.


 
 
 

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