Education nowadays should be mostly computerized

My opponent gets into the attendance argument again. Since attendance doesn't have anything to do with actual education and simply accounts for who's there for the education, it's really not important. 2. Yes, you can encode information into short term memory but it's gone in literally around 30 seconds. kind of pointless. Next he states that the student could choose their method of learning. however, the resolution states that education should be mostly computerized. Meaning that only a marginal amount of learning would be done traditionally and the rest would be compulsory virtual learning. your argument approaches counterplan status which doesn't make a lot of sense for you to do as pro. 3. There's a difference between education and supplementing education. again, the resolution that you wrote asserts that education should be mostly computerized not that students should supplement education with learning apps. those are entirely different things. You seem to think they're the same. They are not. 4. this is an argument pertaining to your claims. One more time. you are the pro in a debate about whether or not education should be mostly computerized. Under the resolution, Virtual Learning would be the primary method of learning. thus when I argue that these online tools could be a supplement rather than the primary method I am directly arguing against the resolution that you, as pro, support. 5 he states that short term memory exists for around 15 to 30 seconds. yes. I know. 6. He states that the idea that everything will be encoded after the lecture is ludicrous. it's not. encoding is recognized by scientists as the initial learning of information (Melton, 1963) after that comes storage and retrieval. this is where supplementation comes in. 7. He states that my research on "the google effect" is simple correlation and not causation. However, if you refer to my research you will find that actual brain scans have determined that relying on the internet actually changes the way your brain works and conditions you to forget information. that's not simple correlation. My opponent states that his plan is more structured to students needs but then goes on to state that the online system requires more disciplined students in order to be effective not just any student. to to compel ALL students to take virtual classes would undermine the potential effectiveness of virtual learning. He also states that my last source supports his arguments. this is false. the last study I cited found that face-to-face students did significantly better on identical exams in a class taught by the same professor. My opponent goes on to talk about IT courses. I would agree that in a course about working with computers that students should learn by working with computers. But again, the resolution is about ALL education not just IT. He also talks about a hybrid capstone project. If that means a mixture between online learning and virtual learning then I would be fine with that as you have the potential to get the best of both worlds. To conclude, I believe that we should maintain the status quo. Currently, we can choose between online classes, traditional classes, or a mixture of the two. But to change the system so that most classes are virtual eliminates the possibility for a student that learns best in a traditional environment to learn in a way that best suits that student.