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Computers in Classrooms? No thanks.

Ask any college student about the benefits of computer use while taking classes, and the response one will get is “Well, we don’t get bored in class anymorebecause whenever this is going to happen we can check Facebook, watch the news or play Farmville.” Evidently college students are using computers as a distraction not as a learning tool, and this hasbecome a problem not only for instructors because the rates of cheating and interruptions have increased, but also for students themselves. Laura Mortkowitz the author of “More colleges, and professorsare shutting down laptops and other digital distractions,” writes that because computers have become such a distraction for students they are being banned from classrooms. The fact that the use ofcomputers in classrooms negatively affects student is undeniable. Although some experts in education state that computers have become a great educational tool in fact, computer use shouldn’t be allowed inclassrooms because computer use is having a negative effect on student’s academic performances and student’s ability to think critically.
The use of computers in college classrooms shouldn’t beallowed because this is negatively affecting college student’s academic performances. According to college students they need computers in class to take notes. The reality is different; they are usingcomputers as a distraction, as “a way to get away when the class is boring.” As stated by Mortkowitz “It turns out that one child’s educational tool is another child’s distraction--- particularly whenbored.” Mortkowitz is right; computers have gone from being an educational tool to a recreation tool. College students are not paying attention in class because they are surfing the web when theinstructor is explaining something new; thus, their grades are lower, test’s scores are in decline, and they are not retaining as much. When I went to school nobody had a computer, and that didn’t stop...