The Pros And Cons Of Tablets In The Classroom

School is about getting as much knowledge as possible to be prepared for adulthood. Students are able to get this knowledge from the information they read from textbooks. Although some people believe that tablets should be used in the classroom. Textbooks should be used in classrooms because tablets are a distraction, tablets is an environmental hazard for the air. Textbooks should be used in the classroom because tablets are a distraction to students. Allowing students to have full access to the internet is a huge responsibility that ends up leaving concern for parents. “At Algonquin-based School District 158, some parents complained recently that elementary school students could access pornography on their tablets, prompting the district

The only way to make sure that students aren’t using their tablets in a negative way towards others “school officials often say they are not watching what the students do with their devices after school -- they encourage parent supervision -- some contract with companies like Gaggle that monitor content that students email or post. Cyberbullying, threats of violence, obscene language or messages indicating potential self-harm all could trigger a call to the principal, according to Barrington school officials.” (Amanda 1) With the help of school officials watching over student’s tablet screens, that leaves parents feeling safer with their kids using a tablet. Especially with the biggest issues in school among students, which is bullying and foul language. Bullying and foul language can lead to serious events such as suicide. Suicide is one of the leading ways that people die in the world. These are important subjects to focus on when allowing students to go on social media websites. Lesley Lanir states “87% of K-12 teachers believe that "today’s digital technologies are creating an easily distracted generation with short attention spans." (Lesley 1) Lanir is insisting that students don’t pay attention to their teachers while teaching, instead they decide to lose brain cells to space off on the

This becomes an issue, that teachers aren’t doing their jobs; it’s like cheating for teachers at their jobs. “In doing so, Google is helping to drive a philosophical change in public education — prioritizing training children in skills like teamwork and problem-solving while de-emphasizing the teaching of traditional academic knowledge, like math formulas. It puts Google, and the tech economy, at the center of one of the great debates that have raged in American education for more than a century: whether the purpose of public schools is to turn out knowledgeable citizens or skilled workers.” (Singer 1) Allowing Google to do everything won’t teach students how to take notes in class so they can study using what they know exactly need to use. Nowadays teachers just give templates that won’t help students when they need to take real notes to help themselves study in the way that they understand the information. “Apps help autistic children develop skills, for example, but experts believe the wide spectrum of the disorder and the novelty of the technology needs to be tightly integrated and supported by sound educational research to more completely address the challenges facing children with special needs.” (Kristin 1) It’s important for every student to get the right education style that they need in order to learn information for there understanding needs. In this way more students with