Electronic devices can be useful learning tools / Day Rosenberg -- More schools are encouraging the use of electronic devices / Ian Quellen -- iPods can help students learn / Kathleen Kennedy Manzo -- iPads could hi nder teaching, professors say / Ben Wieder -- Bring-your-own-laptop programs help education / Jeff Weinstock -- Bring-your-own-laptop programs are complicated but worthwhile / Eamonn O'Donovan -- Laptops should be banned from classrooms / Timothy Snyder -- Schools should ban cell phones / Eric Novak -- Cell phones can be learning tools instead of distractions / William M. Ferriter -- Texting is a distraction from learning / Patrick Welsh -- Cell phones in the classroom may lead to secretly created videos / Vaishali Honawar -- Electronic communication between teachers and students raises difficult issues / Katie Ash.
Summary:
Explores the issues surrounding electronic devices in schools. Presents diversity of opinion on the topic, including both conservative and liberal points of view in an even balance.
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