Andrew Goldstein may have stated his points in a logical way, but Elena Choy’s wisdom not only responds to the statements that Goldstein has said, but she has even gone so far to provide other reasons to why students take advantage of the laptops. Andrew Goldstein explains how laptops are a distraction in the classroom for several reasons. First, the upraised lids prevent professors from making eye contact; second, students can’t help but see the screens of their fellow peers; third, the use of laptops prevents the student from thinking; and finally, it prevents the student from joining in on in class discussions, because they are so imbedded into copying what the professor has said, therefore committing stenography. At the beginning I found myself agreeing with his statements, but that was before reading the other half of this argument. In this other half of the argument it not only changed my opinion, but it also gave me a bigger picture of why banning laptops, is not a solution.
One problem the internet caused stated in the documentary is, it is very hard for parents and authorities to regulate what kids do on the computer. Since the internet is so easy to access via new technologies, authoritative figures just cannot be present with the kids all the time. Another issue the internet has caused reported by the documentary is by it being so addictive, it has taken time away from studying, school work and activities such as reading. This is a problem because education is almost a must in today’s society. However, the documentary fails to acknowledge how the internet has helped kids by providing ways to find answers and acquire research and knowledge.
However, Laird says other than the fact that there is no face to face communication between the teacher and the students, there is also too much use of web. Both the student and the instructor have to learn how to use the computer. An online instructor has to be trained on file organization; course management, software use and more meanwhile classroom student just have to know basic computer skills because most of their work is done on campus. This again gives campus students another
They might instead skip around, scanning for pertinent information of interest… I can’t get my students to read whole books anymore…” (318). Students are not focusing on reading a book from beginning to end. Instead, students tend to skim through and miss the important information which is a negative impact on them. Carr agrees that using the Web so often is having a negative effect on him because he is having a harder time focusing and reading articles which are more than a few sentences. He points out, “When I mentions my troubles with reading to friends, many say they’re suffering from similar afflictions.
Why does the professor hope that each student become an autodidact? A: Because it is an online class, student must have this ability to learn by themselves through some reading materials and the helps from professor. Professor wants students work hard and learn by themselves. It was the basic ability for student attends the online class also it is necessary for regular class. 3.
What is the Internet Doing to Us? The first thing Adam, a typical college student, does in the morning is power on his expensive research tool. He opens up his laptop that costs hundreds of dollars and goes straight to the internet. Now, Adam has a quick but important decision to make. He could choose to look at educational websites, such as news sites and online journals, or he could go to “junk” websites that serve no educational purpose.
Summary: In the article “Online Friendship” wrote by Jan Farrington describes how the online touch the real life world, how teenagers use the Internet to keep in touch with their friends, and how to secure the information when the people spend time online. The most teenagers think social networking and IM are the easy way to help them stay connected and keep in touch with their friends, so they spend a lot of time linked in cyberspace or they use IM to keep in touch with their friends etc. For example: Lauren B said that attends in a high school she has so many friends, and she never saw each other during the day, so she and her friends used IM to everybody after school. Sometimes the parent worry about online world is talking over teen social life, and they bring the problem in their real life to continuous in the social life. For example Laurent B said that life online wasn’t always friendly, there were a lot of gossip.
Many teachers do not like “catching plagiarists and bringing them to academic justice.” As she states, it is not hard to just cite the author that originally had the information you are using (Bojar). Plagiarism is becoming a big problem in the school system. Many students do not understand what needs to be cited and what does not. The school system should teach students the proper way to cite, and they should teach them that copy and pasting is not writing a paper. According Bojar to students at the community college have a hard time juggling classes along with his or her family and a job.
Banning slang would be incredibly hard to maintain. Once pupils leave the school gates, they are free to use as much slang as they desire. Is it even possible to ban slang? Recently the Harris Academy in London has attempted to ban slang as they think banning slang will – “Develop soft skills to compete for university places and jobs.” Slang words such as, “Innit”, “Bare”, “Like”, ”Extra” and ending sentences “Basically” have been outlawed at the academy. However, lexicographer Erin McKean said, “You are taught to be creative in everything you do, but when it comes to language, you are told not to.” Hence this prevents young teens from being creative and it doesn’t let them fully express themselves.
However, text messaging has been a major problem with students texting in class interfering with the disruption of their learning. Most teachers express how they feel about cell phones being a distraction to others, however very few students have complaints about the use of cell phones in class. Text messaging in class should be allowed by choice of the students, it can easily be discreet and the possibility of an emergency. Text messaging in class should be allowed by the choice of students. In the argument “Tapping into Text Messaging” by Janet Kornblum, says teens, techies and other early adopters leading the charge to text say it is a great way to communicate when they are too busy to talk or when making a call would be rude or impractical.