Thursday, March 19, 2015

Which is better??

 So far, in the 2014 - 2015 school year, our school under went a change that increased the technology available to the students. 2 iPad carts for juniors, 4 Chromebooks carts with 25 laptops each, and new computers in each classroom. With a variety of options many people have different preferences. iPads is a mobile technology with a flat keyboard and a bright glass screen, but it doesn't have features like Adobe Flash such as the Chromebooks do. It's also easier to write essays on the larger keyboard . And for the computers, they're huge screen is good for watching videos and seeing larger images. But there's negatives to everything. What would happened if you dropped an iPad? A cracked screen and bleeding fingers to go with it. Or will you send it to central central office? And wait. The same for a Chromebooks. A paper falls, you just pick It up and start again, but what if your pencil breaks or pen dies out? You're technology can be slow, and you'll be stuck waiting. But in the end it's good to have updated technology. You can't Google anything with paper. Personally, I prefer an ipad or a Chromebooks. They're small and portable. Plus I don't have to be able spell everything correctly because of the spell check feature. And if I have a question I can Google it, without wasting time and interrupting the teacher.


-LMWIII

1 comment:

  1. I am so happy you started your posts. Great observation. We put a lot in SWW this year and many teachers have the same concerns that you do about the safety of this technology. Hopefully with students involved in HelpDesk it will be easier for everybody in SWW to thoughtfully organize and treat with respect what we have
    Keep writing. I love your posts
    Liza

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