From reading the article, “Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away”, by James Doubek, a NPR journalist that interviews Pam A. Mueller of Princeton University. I agree with the idea that taking notes on pen and paper are better for recalling information. “Because people can type faster than they write, using a laptop will make people more likely to try to transcribe everything they 're hearing,"(Mueller). When students just type what they hear involuntarily, they are not processing the information; the students are typing without thinking. In a similar article, “What’s Lost as Handwriting Fades,” written Maria Konnikova, a journalist that interview several scientists, quotes Daniel M. Oppenheimer, psychologists at the University of California,
In her article Do We Really Need Cursive Writing, Caitlin Carpenter provides readers with content from both viewpoints of whether or not cursive writing should be taught in elementary school. With the rise of computers and technology in the past generation, and larger ratios of class time being spent on preparing for standardized testing, cursive writing has been shoved on the back burner in recent years. Some professors, such as Steve Graham of Vanderbilt University, may argue that the most efficient way for anyone to record their thoughts is at a keyboard. A first grader can only write between nine and 18 letters a minute. Since typing is a slightly easier motor skill, it yields the fastest documentation of thoughts.
Have you ever wondered how the world would be if we didn't have access to technology? Ipads, tablets, google, and E-readers are becoming more popular, but various research suggests that the constant use of these technologies affects our ability to read. The continuous use of technology has a negative impact on our brains, m , thoughts, how we read, learn and process information, concentrate and how the brain interprets written languages. In his article “Why the Brain Prefers Paper,” Ferris Jabr claims that the constant use of technologies makes it harder to remember what we read. In his article “Is Google Making Us Stupid,” Nicholas Carr drive his argument that the constant use of technologies makes it difficult to concentrate when reading.
After the first experiment, Wegner continues to the second experiment. To determine if the internet affected people’s ability to remember facts, he set to groups for a study. The first group were told to type 40 facts or pieces of knowledge into a computer, and were told the computer would not save what they typed. The second group was told the same, except that the computer would save what they typed. Wegner discovered that “those told that the computer would record everything were inclined promptly to forget them” (388).
One argument against teaching handwriting is the belief that technology supplants the need for writing by hand. An example of this is the belief that it is more important for students to learn digital citizenship skills, such as keyboarding, than it is to focus on penmanship. One proponent of this school of thought is Special Education Professor Dr. Stephen Graham who states that many students with Learning Disabilities benefit from writing on a keyboard rather than handwriting due to the ability to express themselves faster without the frustrations of concentrating on their handwriting skills. While his point that writing notes out by hand takes longer because the brain is faster than the fingers and students can type faster than they can write (Carpenter), there are still many benefits to writing notes out by hand and many practical applications for handwriting for students who are able to learn it. Another example is the argument that it doesn’t matter what method a student uses to write, whether by hand or on a computer, as long as they write.
According to Timothy Synder, Laptops are a big distracter during classroom lectures. The students use their laptops in goggling facts about what the lecturer is teaching. For this reason, they miss out on other important points. There is a big difference between what a student might get on the internet and what the student may experience in the classroom because what a lecturer teaches in class is very rich and precise and it is so unlikely to get such information on the internet. Synder, further explains how internet is distracting because often students easily deviate from goggling facts relevant to their lecture and goggles about entertainment.
uestion this passage begs, is should we switch to notebooks? It is an easy yes for me because I prefer to write on paper anyways. In my opinion, writing things down on paper is much easier than typing them. Studies have shown that writing things down help you retain knowledge which is why students who write things down get better grades than students who type. I feel like writing is better in almost every way compared to typing.
The passage suggests that cursive writing helps remember ideas better than typing. I think this is true because it has helped me remember. I also believe this because many teachers have instructed me to write so I would remember my ideas. Writing by hand also helps students process material better, as the passage suggests. The second passage suggests that writing has taken a backseat to technology.
In most colleges and universities, more students are increasingly using tablet computers and laptops to take notes rather than the old adage of using pen and paper.
Alive But Not Living A relatively new epidemic is threatening everything we treasure most. Unlike the Black Plague long ago this epidemic very slowly takes its course. Although it’s something that does not kill you, it also does not let you live. Technology is taking away everything we hold dear.
Also, with the help of internet, we can search the meaning of any word, side by side of the lecture. At the same time, using laptop in the class is a distraction too. Sometimes we just focus on typing and understands nothing about the lecture. However, with hand writing notes, we can actually participate in the topic.
Many articles and studies show that handwriting improves memory. For example in the article National Pen ® it states “Handwriting notes helps retain knowledge more so than typing” also in the article Scientific American® “ In each study, however, those who wrote out their notes by hand had a stronger conceptual understanding and were more successful in applying and integrating the material than those who used took notes with their laptops.” These pieces of evidence show that writing on paper enhances memory because National Pen and Scientific American had studies that prove
So it is lead to forgetting the basic way of learning. For example, when the teacher gives students homework they are turning to use of technological devices to search for the answers, rather than return to the main book. On the other hand, we can use the tablet devices in a good way to avoid all these defects, by observing teachers or the parents for their children and students and put some guidance of using tablets, such as placing the appropriate time. Also, the families can close some apps which are unwanted. (Peter, 1997,
Carr (20??) stated that reading digital texts lowers the ability to process, store and retain information. So students will take longer to read, understand and interpret
Many critics may argue and say that technology in education is dangerous. It can waste a students’ time by getting him or her sidetracked by distractions they find online. However when students avoid technology in education, they have to spend long hours, days, maybe even weeks searching for certain information in various different books. Students that really want to learn will force discipline upon themselves. Even if students didn’t use technology, anything could easily distract them when studying.
