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1-26-15

Collin Hurshman

            I think the rollout of the Ipads to 6^th graders is a silly way to implement technology into our education system. I feel this way for a couple reasons. One is that I doubt the 6^th graders will be responsible with them. The other is I doubt they will be very useful to students.

            I say the 6^th graders can’t be responsible with the Ipads because it seems they can hardly handle their own technology. If you walk outside after school, you will see lots of broken phones. I foresee many broken Ipads. Of course, the Ipads have better cases than many students use on their own devices. However, I still feel there will be many damaged devices. This could be combated with the insurance plan I assume the school has.

            Even with the necessary precautions to the plan, I feel the Ipads won’t be very useful to students, except as a distraction. I don’t think a day goes by at school where no cell phones are confiscated. Clearly students like to use their devices with other purposes than education. If they have enough freedoms on the Ipads, they will use them improperly. Also, they don’t even have good keyboards, something necessary if teachers expect the Ipads to be used in a way students can’t use a phone. Then again, students may not have a phone or at least not a smartphone. Even then, though, there are probably enough Ipads in classrooms to provide for those people. I would prefer a laptop or similar device so I can at least type essays or similar projects. I don’t know why I should complain, though, because next year I can just use my phone