Tuesday 25 December 2012


Tablet Computers in Classroom: Is It ? Boon or Bane


In the field of education teachers constantly
seek creative new ideas to make the classroom
more productive.  Modern technology has long
been a resource for up-to-the-minute classroom innovations.  With each new technological tool, however, there are some questions as to its classroom appropriateness or effectiveness.
  Tablet computers are no exception.

Educators have been using computers in             class for decades now.  Schools have whole   computer labs  with which to teach students           the basics of  computer use.  Computers          quickly became more of a learning tool than               a class subject and schools across the nation have put desktop computers in each classroom.                        But providing  each student with their own desktop is ridiculously inefficient, though the benefits are                  the stuff of a modern educator’s dreams.  Laptops solve the problem of space and size, but are still    cumbersome.  Happily, the latest generation of computers, tablet computers, are even more streamlined, lightweight and portable,making it feasible to assign one to each student in a school.



WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
 Predictably, many people question the suitability of tablet computers in the classroom.  A tablet is only a    limited resource without internet access.  But many people are concerned about giving elementary to high    school students such easy continuous access to the internet.  The understandable concerns range from      simple distraction to downright danger.  Young students can discreetly listen to music, or be tempted to       check their social networks when they should be researching a lesson.  Additionally, more naïve students      would be all the more accessible to online predators.  The less mature the student, the greater the          problems.

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