Argumentative Essay On Ipads

Technology
Technology is something that many people have accepted as a necessary part of life. When asked, many teenagers do not think they could get by without their phone. Recently, many have advocated getting technology into grade-school classrooms so that students can use iPads as a device through which to learn. The one-to-one table initiative was a movement to get one iPad per student in schools for bettering education.

In the article, “I gave my students iPads - then wished I could take them back” Launa Hall discusses with regret how her classroom switched to one-to-one tablet initiative which placed an iPad into each student’s hands. She talked about how the students missed out on communicating with peers as well as other fun activities such as building legos during a rainy day. Launa concludes that while the iPads did improve education in some areas, it also hurt education in
If these students do not grow up with proper communication skills then this will greatly impact society with a large population who would rather keep to themselves rather than talking to others. The effects are much more widespread than just face-to-face communication. The article raises an interesting concern pertaining to attention spans, “It can be hard for kids to sustain their attention in a small group discussion when their own personal portal beckons from the back of the room” (Launa). Problems arise when children seek the entertainment and attention filling the iPads offer at the cost of time learning how to get along with peers. “Later when I allowed their devices to hum to glowing life, conversation shut down altogether” (Launa) In a culture where the instinct is to look down at the phone at the first sign of awkwardness, educators should worry about teaching children to do the same thing and instead encourage social