In the article “Laptops in the classroom: Mend it, don’t end it”, Justin Reich argues that “Computers can transform the way students learn only if instructors change the way they teach”. Reich is directing his argument towards faculty and administrative staff of academic institutions, who are subjected to Western culture’s way of learning and structure of the education system. Both the audience and the author are defined by their common occupation and similar teaching experiences and struggles. In this rhetorical analysis, I will argue that Reich successfully persuades his teaching peers to “Mend it, Don’t End It” with classroom technology through his reference to his personal credibility as an educational instructor and his appeal to the …show more content…
The author argues that in order for computers to be used to help students improve learning within the classroom, it is up to teachers and educational institutions to transform their teaching strategies to mirror the technology they require students to purchase. Generally, in most professions, people tend to respect their peers’ opinions and ideas. The connection that the author has to his fellow teaching peers appeals to his authority and sense of character. Having experience as a teacher gives Justin Reich credibility. He states that “As a teacher, I can confirm that most of us love to be the center of attention, and laptops threaten our fiefdoms.” The author is asserting that the use of laptops in the classroom is threatening a shift in the students’ attention away from the teacher. The author plays the role of a mediator to speak to the opposing side of teachers and students. Reich uses a common ground approach to write this article by successfully relating to both sides of the argument. Justin Reich uses the rhetorical device ethos as he presents his argument as someone whose words are worth considering, as a fellow teacher he understands the challenges of technology being present in the …show more content…
Justin Reich uses anecdotes from his personal experience as a teacher to support his argument. Reich states that “Admitting laptops into the classroom means facing the reality that in competition for our attention, our best lectures can’t even beat solitaire.” However, Reich also understands how the students feel when they are told that classroom technology cannot be used. The author claims that for improvements to be made, change needs to come from both sides of the argument. Reich states: “Instructional changes in today’s classrooms need to be as radical as the technological innovations that spark them, and university administrators must recognize that upgrading the network won’t deliver results without upgrading the instructions.” Due to Reich’s personal experience as a teacher, he understands that while it is a simpler solution for a teacher to banish classroom technology, he argues that it is not only up to the teachers for changes to be made. He affirms through his own experience that there needs to be support from the university administrators to train and educate instructors of the importance of classroom technology in the 21st century, which appeals to the faculty he is
E-Notebook – Unit 3 Gurleen Sandhu Unit 3, Lesson 1: Activity 1: 1. Chose one group from each of the three columns. For each group, complete a search of their web site to determine what the group does within Canada to show their community support. NOTE: if any of the links below do not work, conduct a search on google to get the information you need. charities and non-profit agencies non-profit agencies service clubs multiple sclerosis Big Brothers and Big Sisters Rotary Club arthritis society The Boys and Girls Club Kiwanis easter seals Elizabeth Fry Society Lions Club Canadian Aids Society John Howard Society Canadian Hearing Society
In Joelle Renstrom’s article “And Their Eyes Glazed Over”, she makes the argument that the increased use of technology among students limits their cognitive abilities within their classes. As a writing and research professor at Boston University, she witnesses this on a daily basis, and it happens to be her biggest pet peeve. Her personal experience with this issue is one of the ways Renstrom builds credibility, making her argument an effective one. Renstrom’s motivation for writing this piece was to inform and share the information she had discovered with fellow professors and students alike. Throughout the article, she sticks firmly to her exigence, straying from it only once or twice to acknowledge the usefulness of technology or
Fidget Spinners What do you think are fidget spinners a big distraction or are they really helping students in the classroom. I think that students should be aloud to care a spinner around. Spinners can help kids in many different ways. One way spinners are helping kids is by keeping them busy so they 're not talking or running around because think about it would you rather have kid talking and running around a classroom because there is nothing to do or they 're bored or have kids spinning a fidget spinner that will help them focus and not be as bored Another reason fidget spinners should be aloud in class rooms are because they can help kids get there work done. Kids that have certain disabilities can easily spin a
The education system has undergone significant changes over the last few decades, moving from traditional classroom settings to digital classrooms and interactive whiteboards. Technological advancements have played a crucial role in this transformation, changing the way students learn, teachers teach, and schools operate. This essay explores the ways in which technology has influenced and transformed education as our society has progressed from the paper age into the digital age. Specifically, we will examine the impact of the internet, personal devices, and educational software on the education system. By analyzing these changes, we can gain a better understanding of how technology has shaped the education system and what the future may hold.
This article outlines two main pros and two main cons implementing the use of technology in schools. The first pro is technology being used as a teaching aid. Teachers are using more PowerPoint presentations and other animated software to share the information in an interactive way. Also the use of projectors, screens and speakers allows teachers to teach large group of students at one time.
The technological revolution has quickly taken the world by storm, and led its way into being a prominent role in the classroom. In author Eliana Dockterman 's writing, "The Digital Parent Trap," Dockterman speaks on the growing arguments facing the prominent usage of technology in classrooms as a tool to learn with credible and emotional appeals. With the growing reliance on technology for miniscule tasks, Dockterman 's purpose is to argue that there actually is a way in which it can be effectively used in classrooms by rebutting both sides of the debate. By countering both arguments, Dockterman reveals periodically in the text that one must be open-minded to change and therefore then creates a biased tone. Straightaway, the author
Recently at Lenoir City High School, we have switched to 1 on 1 learning, which means we have switched from pencils and papers to online. Laptops are a distraction to be students because they tend to surf the web while they’re on them. On the other hand, laptops can be very useful to students because they help provide tools for them. Laptops have a negative effect on students because they can distract themselves and their peers. Laptops are distracting to students because the students just happen to end up on their laptops doing something.
Global Measures: To bridge the gap that Economy causes in the digital divide, companies have gradually begun to develop cheaper technology which would be made available to those who cannot afford the equipment they need to connect to the internet and thus make the internet more widely available to the peoples of that country. More recently, certain initiatives such as ‘One laptop per child’ have been developed. The aim of this initiative (which largely relies on forms of crowdfunding such as donations), is to provide children born into poorer communities with a purpose-built laptop, in order to learn vital computer skills and aid vital areas of their education. The laptops are built with durability in mind in order to survive the rigours of
Introduction The digital world has developed greatly in the past decades and has gradually affected the style of education for millions of students through all kind of approaches, such as taking the roles of equipments and traditional learning styles through a digitalized programs and online files. According to Statistic Brain, up to 77% of teachers nowadays use the internet for instruction (2017). Versal’s survey statistics also showed that by 2015, the majority (52.6%) of surveyed teachers claimed that there had been a rise of using online tools for classroom or homework assignments compared to the previous year. With this in mind, this report will explore how technology has assumed roles of the teachers and traditional equipment and how
Children were seen as learners and as expert resources, as they were challenged by complex and open-ended problems. These are the skills that will enable students to live productive lives in the emerging age of communication. Moreover, technology use in the classroom helped to decrease absenteeism, lower dropout rates, and motivate more students to continue on to college (Sandholtz et al., 1997). In 2002, The WestEd Regional Technology in Education Consortium reviewed a number of research studies related to the impact of technology on
The author comments on technology’s influence on social trends and the implications for society, culture, learning and teaching. He argues that modern curriculum design should reflect these changes. The author asks educators to rethink what is being taught and how it is being taught. The following essay is a critique of Wilmarth’s work Five Socio-Technology Trends That Change Everything in Learning and Teaching. Keywords: Wilmarth, technology, critique Five Socio-Technological Trends That Change Everything in Learning and Teaching
BC 12-A 5-page Argumentative Essay Books are Vitamins; Technology is Fast Food Books and technology are both undoubtedly helpful material in enforcing education. They are both different approaches in learning, but when combined together they can make students’ lives a little less hard. In the old days, books were the epitome of information. But schools nowadays are not only accepting the innovation of technology, but they are already adopting technology into pedagogy as well.
Over the past decades, technology has become more advanced and has provided new ways to learn in the education system. There are multiple sides that either agree or disagree if incorporating technology in the classroom is beneficial or distracting. Some people might argue that kids are becoming tethered to screens at school and are easily distracted. Instead of paying attention to the teacher’s lesson, kids are figuring out how easy it is to access games on technological devices. Another side argues that the use of computers and other technologies in the classroom can create an increase in the information students can learn because the student is more likely to be engaged.
Teachers are often blamed for failing to integrate technology into their teaching, giving such reasons as lack of time, training, equipment, and support. However, it has been suggested that these are not the “real” reasons technology is underutilized; instead, it is argued that teachers’ core values about teaching and learning are the primary
Although technology has always been used in education, only recently it has been introduced to classrooms around the world. What was once a privilege limited to children whose families owned personal computers is no longer be the case, with the introduction of technology in classrooms. The Benefits of Technology in the Classroom One of the earliest benefits to be discovered was