The Pen is Mightier than the Keyboard
Despite the fruitfulness of the twenty-first century, it’s newly developed technological devices subject people or students to be specific to an infinite number of distractions. One the most crucial and common distractions is the usage of laptops in classrooms. However, the idea behind whether to allow or ban laptops during lectures is a tremendously debatable issue between professors and psychologists, since these days laptop note taking is increasingly getting common among students rather than the traditional longhand note taking. But why? How does each one support his position? From my standpoint, due to many facts the disadvantages of using laptops in classrooms overweigh its advantages, and hence they should be banned. In his article “This Year I Resolve to Ban Laptops from my Classroom”, published in The Washington Post (2014), Tal Gross claims that students shouldn’t easily disregard the importance of pen and paper note taking by sticking to laptops. Hence, the writer’s major idea is to ban laptops in classroom. Gross argues that allowing such devices during lectures would interrupt the learning process of students, and he backs his point by his personal experience, as well as some studies proving the fact that allowing laptops in classrooms “hinder learning”.
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Finally, from my standpoint this article is beautifully and wisely written, and therefore Gross reaches his goal and persuades the readers that the process of writing longhand is superior for creating memory and for enhancing the learning process of students, although the topic of the article is controversial these days. Last but not least, Gross accomplished his mission in find the key to academic success in his classrooms by banning laptops, as he settled on his “New Year’s
Despite the fruitfulness of the twenty-first century, it’s newly developed technological devices subject people or students to be specific to an infinite number of distractions. One the most crucial and common distractions is the usage of laptops in classrooms. However, the idea behind whether to allow or ban laptops during lectures is a tremendously debatable issue between professors and psychologists, since these days laptop note taking is increasingly getting common among students rather than the traditional longhand note taking. But why? How does each one support his position? From my standpoint, due to many facts the disadvantages of using laptops in classrooms overweigh its advantages, and hence they should be banned. In his article “This Year I Resolve to Ban Laptops from my Classroom”, published in The Washington Post (2014), Tal Gross claims that students shouldn’t easily disregard the importance of pen and paper note taking by sticking to laptops. Hence, the writer’s major idea is to ban laptops in classroom. Gross argues that allowing such devices during lectures would interrupt the learning process of students, and he backs his point by his personal experience, as well as some studies proving the fact that allowing laptops in classrooms “hinder learning”.
Furthermore, …show more content…
Finally, from my standpoint this article is beautifully and wisely written, and therefore Gross reaches his goal and persuades the readers that the process of writing longhand is superior for creating memory and for enhancing the learning process of students, although the topic of the article is controversial these days. Last but not least, Gross accomplished his mission in find the key to academic success in his classrooms by banning laptops, as he settled on his “New Year’s