Marquis Tabb
Prof. Dan
English 101
12/01/13
Click. Click. Clicking away without thinking. Remember when looking at movies and seen classrooms filled with a bunch a weird technology, and the teachers hardly ever present. Well from the way things are going in the school system this isn’t much of a Hollywood dream. More and more students are beginning to use computers, laptops, tablet, and even cell phones to take notes. The question isn’t who isn’t taking notes anymore the question is who is actually listening to the teacher as he/she is saying the notes, are students actually hearing and learning the information or are they just copying like robots? Also what if the students are not doing their work but are playing games or watching something not related to the class? These are problems that are posed with all this new technology, everyone is hearing but no one is actually listening. The whole purpose behind classes at college or even in some high schools is for the student to write their own notes based on the teacher's lecture or lesson (Laptops in Classrooms?). Literature on student laptop programs can be categorized into five areas: computer use, computer skills and knowledge, attitudes, effect on teaching, and effect on learning. (Annan-Coultas). Laptops have revolutionized the world by taking the power of computers and allowing people to take all of their valuable work and information on the go. Just as the computers became potable, they have snuck their way into the everyday lives of the everyday student by now appearing in classrooms. Some schools even hand them out for students to borrow throughout the school year, and even now students are being given tablets or IPads, also known as touch screen computers. With access to millions of games and other content on the computer only the student knows whether or not they are actually taking