Personal electronic devices in the classroom should be allowed

Personal Electronic Devices in the classroom should not be allowed: Since my opponent wants to use the quality of education as the standard in this debate; I will argue that the quality of education deteriorates with the usage of Personal Electronic Devices. Personal Electronic Devices defined my opponent; "Personal electronics refers to any instrument that uses electricity, for ex: tablets, cell phones, and computers that is owned by the student for at least a one-year term." Therefore, Personal Electronic Devices are completely independent from education. Their usage can or cannot be used for the purposes of education, depending on the the responsibility of those who use them. Since my opponent has quoted studies that refer to the improvement of education from K-12 and College, I am going to use this age group as the standard for the quality of improvement. In this age group, an area known as the frontal lobes is not fully developed. The frontal lobes are responsible for executive function which are critical to logical decision making. So if Personal Electronic Devices are allowed in the classroom, then logically people in this age group would struggle make proper decisions. Therefore Personal Electronic Devices would deteriorate the quality of education. I do agree with the contention that Electronic Devices administered by the school would help in the quality of education. They provide a reminder to students that the Electronic Devices in this context are for the purposes of education. However they do not belong to the students, the duration in which they borrow them they are not ever owned by the students. If something happens to the Electronic Device, they are obligated to compensate of at most a value equal to the device in question; depending on whatever the true owner decides. Therefore, Electronic Devices administered by the school cannot be considered as evidence to support my opponents argument. Two of my opponents arguments use Electronic Devices administered by the school as evidence for his contention that Personal Electronic Devices help in the quality of education. Based upon the logic above, they cannot be used as evidence and are empty arguments. The last contention asserts that Personal Electronic Devices help in the quality of education because they promote group learning. This may be true, however they do not provide evidence in why they should be allowed in class. My opponent uses the definition according to thirteen.org: •diversity •more interaction in student learning •Peer feedback According to "Pros and Cons of File Sharing", file sharing, or exchanging files on a computer network, encourages: •Flow of ideas from everyone •Efficient working: each student can revise on different computers at the same time. •Therefore, file sharing can involve more students compiling up their ideas into one report, thus improving the learning experience for children. Personal Electronic Devices do not promote group learning in the classroom. All the above points do not require a Personal Electronic Device. All above bullet points refer to good communication, a Personal Electronic Device facilitating communication would obviously slow the process of communication between two people in the same room. Since the burden of proof is on my opponent, if I refute his arguments as I have done; then I have won this argument.