1. technology does help classroom learning.
1.1. because technology can help teachers give extra help portability to students that need it.and give teachers the benefit of access to online assignments throughout the day.
1.1.1. Jonathan Schorr the San Francisco office of the New Schools Venture fund states that 'Teachers can review the information before school, after school, during their prep period, or even while they are overseeing instruction '(schoor).
1.1.1.1. teachers canteachers can access work online to see if there students
1.1.2. schoor states 'When a student struggles on Tuesday, she can be assigned to a small online group for help from a teacher on Wednesday, and with enough data and enough flexibility, it will even be possible to assign her to a teacher who is particularly good at teaching that lesson" (schoor).
1.1.2.1. teachers can access work online to see if there students need help or more practice on a subject and assign them online work to help them achieve.
1.1.2.2. Hybrid schools across the nation are blending face-to-face and online learning to achieve impressive early results.
1.2. because students can use skills developed outside of school and use those skills in class to help them and have access to assignments all day.
1.2.1. soloway states 'while doing an experiment, [a student] can write it up; while on a field trip, [a student] can capture ideas. And portability enables relating abstract concepts in the classroom to concrete items in the world.'(soloway).
1.2.1.1. students can complete work and assignments portability and capture ideas from outside the classroom to help them in school.
1.2.2. Soloway is founder and chief executive officer of GoKnow and he states that 'The students are highly competent with the technology; the learning curve is very low. The kids can use the skills they have developed outside of school inside of school'(soloway).
1.2.2.1. students constantly using technology to the point that they have developed skill that they bring into school to help them achieve school work.
1.2.2.2. smartphones are integral to the future of education and learning.
2. technology does not help classroom learning.
2.1. because technology is a distraction and causes the students to multitask and affects there negatively behavior in the classroom.
2.1.1. A study from 2008 in the academic journal Computers & Education looked at how these laptops have affected classroom behaviour. "Results showed that students who used laptops in class spent considerable time multitasking and that laptop use posed a significant distraction to both users and fellow students,"(smartphones).
2.1.1.1. results have shown that student who use laptops in class spent some time multitasking and that laptops are a distraction to students.
2.1.2. A 2009 study looked at students who sent instant messages during class. 'Texting students took longer to perform simple tasks such as reading a written passage than those who did not. Consider it another blow to the alleged benefits of multitasking'(smartphones)
2.1.2.1. While smartphones can lower educational costs and enhance student satisfaction, they are not shown to improve academic performance;
2.1.2.2. a study has shown that students who have been distracted by there phone such as texting, have taken longer to perform a simple task at school.
2.2. because it reduces the interaction between teachers and students.
2.2.1. zwaagsta states that 'Studies show that when factors such as household income are controlled, there is no evidence that greater access to computers at school has a positive correlation with academic achievement. Notes staying that computers may not benefit classroom learning'(zwaagsta).
2.2.1.1. computers in the classroom may not always assist learning and may hinder it.
2.2.1.2. studies that shown that there is no proof that more access to computers at school helps classroom learning, possibly computer may not help classroom learning.
2.2.2. Michael Zwaagstra is an education expert and high school teacher he states'Since computer use often reduces pupil-teacher interaction, this could have a negative impact on literacy since the learning of reading requires extensive interaction between students and teachers.'(zwaagsta).
2.2.2.1. the use of computers have reduced the pupil-teacher interaction and this could negatively impact some subjects as they require a lot of interaction.