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[quote=Anonymous]The problem is tech in schools and particularly laptops in elementary schools (or worse, IPads). This is for several reasons. First, in order to learn to read, children need to write by hand. Laptops and Ipads do not have the same impact on the brain. Second, when you read online, your eye travels up and down. When you read on paper, it travels left to right. That is why you retain much less information when you read something online. Third, many people find it helpful to underline words and otherwise interact with the text - this is not possible (highlighting isn't the same) on a laptop. Finally, tech is inherently distracting - for the teacher, it takes up a lot of time, making sure kids can sign in, making sure the devices are charged, making sure children are on task and not playing games. For children, they are distracting because there are a lot of other things you can do besides being on task - and if one child is playing a game, all the children around him are watching.

For math, information is not retained online as easily. If you have never taken statistics, try learning it through Khan Academy. It will not stick the way it would if you had a textbook and/or workbook.

These results are self-inflicted and will not improve until we get tech out of schools. (How much of what I just wrote did you absorb on the first reading? Probably not all - and imagine being a student trying to learn.)[/quote]

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