Electronics In School vs. No electronics In School

Introduction:

            As you may know the biggest debate that has been serving the web and the news anchors is whether or not students should be allowed to use their electronic devices in class or should it continue to be banned during school hours and only allowed before and after the school bell rings. One of the biggest transformations which I have seen take place is in the area of technology. It is being used in ways we never even dreamed of when it first took place.

             Well while many people say yes others say no and for this essay we are going with the opposing side. We each came too this conclusion based on the results of our research. Some of those reasons that we are opposed to electronic devices being used in the classrooms are the health factors, misusage, the distractions and what the outcome of the writing habits will be.

Body:

            Some health factors that play a roll into this situation is when using a device to long you can encounter headaches and another health benefit is that when students use their phones for longer periods of times they start experiencing dysfunctional sleep patterns or sleepless nights which is an all around negative health affect (Dean 2013).

Teens or kids can use cell phones or any electronic device to cheat on tests by sending pictures of the answers or texting the answers. Another classroom distraction in using electronic devices is students using it to play games while the teacher is instructing  (Debate 2013).

When using electronic devices you start to forget certain good writing habits. For example, how to use correct spelling, how to interact with others while reading, and being able to understand what has been written. If you allow electronics into the building and they are permitted for students to use you are basically allowing them to use poor grammar and spelling skills not just through text but also through out their entire life.

Conclusion:

As a group we decided that having electronics during school should be prohibited because it has been considered a distraction more then a helpful tool for school.  There many reasons for electronics to be prohibited from school policy. It is impossible to entirely ban electronics since students travel to and from school with them as mentioned by Ritter and Scaccia.  At the end of the day electronics are not important as school and just take away from good learning experiences.  

Work Cited

Dean. “Should students be allowed to use cell phones at School” Edubabbling. November 3, 2013. http://www.edubabling.com/should-students-be-allowed-to-use-cell-phones-at-school/

Debate: “Should students be allowed to use cell phones in school?” Debate.2013.http://www.debate.org/opinions/should-students-be-allowed-to-use-cell-phones-in-school

Ritter, Elizabeth Lorris and Scaccia, Jesse: “Should cell phones be banned in school?” Scholastic 2014
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/upfront/debate/index.asp?article=d1211

Merging With Machines

                        Merging With Machines

                              By: Jaliyah Spencer

Introduction:

As the use of technology has become so vital to our entire nation what is next? Everyday Engineers are coming up with ways to make technology faster smart and easier. The next big thing is when the human mind is merged with technology as mentioned by Kurzweils. Once humans and machines merge will this eventually kill the human population.

Details:

            According to Lara Farrar it will not eventually kill the human population. In fact it will enhance our population. As said by Nanotechnology the merging with machine process will help us retain billions of pieces of information on a day-to-day basis. It also states that not only will this not harm us they also have these things called Nanobots. These tiny machines are good for your immune system and can help with irregular blood pressure and help repair anything that has been damaged by the aging process.

            A Nanobot is a short term for nanorobotics. This is basically machines that are the size of molecules or smaller then 100 meters. K.Eric Drexler created this idea or term in 1980; they were basically created to fix things doctors couldn’t fix in just second. Nanobots build your immune system and continue to communicate if there is a problem in any area of the body.

            The Nanobots are mainly popular in the wealthy communities, meaning mainly celebrities are able to afford it. According to Kurzweil the technology is just like cell phones when products first come out only wealthy people can afford them but after a couple of mouths it becomes almost free where almost anyone can afford them. (maclean.sa) So after a couple of years or months this nanotechnology will be available for all to receive.

            Life expectancy was 20 a thousand years ago; 37, 200 years ago. This means that through our progression and transforming we are able to live a longer healthier life. This is possible because we are able to get medications for infections that we carry or even better we are able to send in Nanobots to detect what may be the problem.

             

Conclusion:

The final question now is should human beings pursue the merging with machines why or why not. To me I would say yes because it would be good beneficially. This could be good because we would do every thing way faster and more sufficient, and it would take us seconds to figure out something or do something. We can also have way more access to things that we weren’t able to access before and lastly it can help up visibly stop aging.

            Based on the information that I researched I am now aware that merging with machines is not such a bad idea. Another thing I have learned is that when the human mind does merge with machines we will be able to turn the computer in our heads on and off by just thinking about turning it on or simply off. Thanks to this project I have learned the pros and cons of merging with machines and I am confident enough to say that this might be a good idea after all.

                                                Work Sited

Lara Farrar Humans and machines will merge in future Date Created: July 15 2008 http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/07/14/bio.tech/

Ray Kurzweil the coming Merging of Mind and Machine Date Created: Mar 23, 2009 http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/merging-of-mind-and-machine/

Unknown What is Nanotechnology? Date Created: Unknown http://crnano.org/whatis.htm