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Technology In The Classroom: Mrs. Ellis AP Class

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Technology in the Classroom: Kindle E-Readers

Mrs. Ellis teaches 11th grade Advanced Placement English and a regular placement English class at Harford High School. She has been a teacher there for 8 years. This year the school has decided to let Mrs. Ellis’ AP class begin using Kindle E-Readers for students who are required to read many books in one semester. This allows students to purchase books more cheaply, have direct access to a dictionary, and can highlight and take notes without damaging the text. Kindle’s text-to-speech audio function allows the students to hear and see the text at the same time, which can help address the difficulties of students with vision problems and language barriers. Rachel is the daughter of Chinese immigrants …show more content…

While some may say it is unfair to only allow a certain group of students to succeed, the theory of Benefit Maximization promotes the greatest good for the greatest number. The AP students would be able to succeed, allowing the school as a whole to succeed. This allows a certain group of students to continue to succeed, while others can wait for the technology to become available for their classes. Some may argue that students in the classes should share Kindles, as there are schools and classrooms that have to share books or laptops when used in class. However, sharing of Kindles would not work because of the personalization that goes into not only language and reading settings (typeface, point size, brightness, etc.) but also into note taking and highlighting of sections. Furthermore, students who are using the E-Readers would be required to take them home for readings and homework, and sharing would be impossible in these …show more content…

Her argument is based on the view-point that it is an injustice to the students who do not get to use the same technology as students in the advanced placement courses. The weakness in Sarah’s argument is that she does not consider the consequences of revoking the use of new technology from those in a more challenging learning environment. Sarah’s choice in argument is fully intrinsic, not considering school funds and the inability to provide the technology for everyone. However, Ms. Ellis is coming from a consequentialist point of view where she considers the benefits of the Kindle in AP courses. While ideally, she would provide the same technology to every class, it is simply impossible to do so. She believes it is better to have some gaining from the technology than

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