Gizmodo, Lynch sheds the light on both sides of the argument by giving good examples and bad
bad examples. Lynch claims tablets shown by statistics increase children performance test wise and
school motivation, as well as introducing newer and more updated textbooks. On the other hand
Lynch also admits that their is problems with tablets in education like it creating a gap from
privileged students to ones who aren't, application control in tablets especially ones that come
from home, and privacy issues between "third parties
Analyze: Tablets affecting learning have both pro and con effects and it makes it
really difficult to pick a side between replacing textbooks over tablets. In addition, tablets have the
capability to do great things to improve learning which in return can create more successful students.
However, tablets can also create problems between economic backgrounds which can create even
more gap between the rich and poor because the rich will have more opportunities with technology
than underprivileged students. Furthermore, tablets are also harder to control district wise and if they
aren't checked on students will find a way to put games on them and create distractions during school
hours which instead of helping education it can make it worse. In conclusion, tablets seem to
have cons that outweigh the pros so far.
"Do Tablets in the Classroom Really Help Children Learn?" Gizmodo. 1 Apr. 2015. Web. 31 Jan. 2016. <http://gizmodo.com/do-tablets-in-the-classroom-really-help-children-learn-1694963939>
Your viewpoint on this article seems to contain substantial information on both the pros and cons of students using tablets as a learning device. In addition, your analyzation seems to favor the con affects of replacing textbooks with tablets. I believe you need to emphasize more on the cons before stating how it outweighs the pros.
ReplyDeleteLarger font please. This is difficult to read, especially with this background.
ReplyDeleteI like the way you summarized the article because you make the argument very clear to the reader. However, you should provide more analysis for the pros to give a deeper explanation, explaining how tablets are beneficial for students because you just focused on the cons and went more in depth explaining them. I also found it difficult and confusing to read because of the background.
ReplyDeleteYour summary is very good you make it clear that the article has both sides of the argument. Your analyzes is well constructed and fluent. But you do seem to lean toward one side of the argument but it might be because the article also leans toward one side as well. Overall good journal.
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