technology is not being used properly in schools

Technology is being used in properly in schools, why, because it is being used, now some rebuttals: R1: "Half the people can't read my handwriting" If you live in the UK, I'm worried, if not, the education you live in is what you suffer from and that's why people can read you're handwriting. R2: "Thousands of trees are wasted for those handwriting practise books" Thousands are used for rubber production as well. R3: "Phone typing is very fast. I just have to flip the cover, open the app and start typing" That requires you to leave your phone on, that will cause huge distraction to the class if you get a phone call, and what if the sun is shining and you can't see the screen, you can close the blinds, but in that time you could have took the pen out of your pocket and started writing. R4: "if it is out of ink again" What if the phone is not working? It is as likely as not having a working phone, but you can't ask a friend for a spare phone and you could have spent that money on a tree regrowth project anyway. R5: "Bad handwriting can become a serious problem" Unsaved computer files can also become a problem, and you can't just say people will get in the habit of it as people would just get in the habit of good handwriting. R6: "Electric registers? Not widely used I guess." In the UK many schools have systems in which you register using your thumb [1]. I would like to mention the article was written in 2008, 7 years ago. A lot has changed since then. It is not without it's problems, but it is used and you can't argue about that. R7: "Who needs printouts?" People who want to be able to annotate work, or not have to rely on a good WIFI or phone signal. Phones are too small anyway (that's for this job, not for their primary purpose). R8: "There are apps for that" I will do an experiment using an app an documented essays and tell you the results in the comments before round three. R9: Computer crashing may be due to a bad model... cause crashes" This is too much to have to worry about, it is so much easier to just keep it on paper R10: "There is nothing anti-virus software can't stop" I think you will find if Stuxnet can pierce American cyber defences, viruses can get into pretty much anything. R11 "Loud typing is improper typing" This typing is very loud and however I slowly and softly I touch the keyboard it won't be silent, not even quiet, but easily enough to get on someone's nerves during an exam. that rules out the basis of your point, that handwriting is inconvenient to learn. You cannot therefore say that I need to become better at typing, that is no more convenient. R12: "Please get a touch laptop there is an on screen keyboard" I can't touch type with that as it is irresponsive and slow (this computer also has an on screen keyboard so I know) and all this expense adds up, I am fairly well off but even this is seeming like a lot of money. I should mention that right now I am getting a glitch that is saying every word is repeated. R13: "For eye hurting put on screen savers that reduce the impact of rays and turn that full brightness" I have done both and neither help, this is taking a lot of work anyway. I should mention this is from one of the most tech-savvy people you will ever meet. A1: Other human effects; Screens prevent sleep, fact. A2: Symbols If you were to have every symbol on a keyboard it would have to be enormous. If I have to write a paragraph explaining how a building I deigned is resistant to certain temperatures I will often be having to write the degree sign that means I have to constantly go to the extra symbols menu, there is no way to turn this problem into something that is not. A3: Cost The cheapest laptop I found at curries PC world is "349.99 ($539.21) [2], the same price as 22,000 pieces of paper found at rhyman's [3]. If you were to store that much in a cheap laptop it would crash, not that you need that much anyway. why should I have to shop around for a laptop when I don't have to shop around for paper? Due to the fact not that much paper is needed that still leaves easily enough money for stationary. Over to you _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ [1] http://www.yorkpress.co.uk... [2] http://www.currys.co.uk... [3] http://www.ryman.co.uk...