cartoon based on laptops during class

This cartoon made me laugh so much because it reminds me of me when i was in class and i would use my laptop and start surfing the web or on Facebook. in this cartoon, he told his friend to stall so he can find the answer on the internet instead of just paying attention to his teacher he had to look for it online. 

Other cases are that the student is on some kind of web not paying attention to his/her teacher and the teacher will come over to check what it is. Majority of the time students get to nervous to exit the wed page or exit an unrelated activity they are doing. What i noticed on my laptops is that i can have many windows open. 

for example, i have a mac book pro, i can have Facebook, iTunes and even my email open on one window. and if i slide three fingers to the right it looks like i have nothing open because its a empty screen, but my open stuff is on the other screen so in order to back to it i slide three fingers to the left. I have used this a couple if times so my teachers would not look at the stuff i have open. I usually have like an article related to the class on the screen.

Teachers spying on students through laptop webcams video

There is and observes button and most of the time students always have there cameras on. The teacher states that most of the time girls will use it to put their make up on or do their hair. Many others will use it to update their may space, an online social website. Teachers also claims that he think students think they are aloud to chat and do other  un related work as long as they are doing their homework. This guy in the end of the video says because they are teenagers they are always going to have the need of breaking rules so doing what ever they please to do on their laptop. 

Networking The Classroom

Christian
Martinez

This is my article. i chose how students can benefit from using technology such as laptops and cell phones but I'm still debating whether i should change my research question so that's why i haven't posted my question yet. This article is basically explaining how some benefits for having technology in the classroom include introducing certain information that is current in the world such as politics and economics. Others argue that networking in computers distract students and teachers from more pressing issues like "overcrowded classrooms, teacher incompetence and lack of security." My argument is that there are more pros than there are cons when regarding to utilizing technology in the classroom and making the web a primary resource for schools.

article: what students are really using their laptops for?

Summary:

There is a new software were teachers were "spying" on their students. Many students were using emails, IMing or looking at unrelated school work. Many were confronted with the use of Instant messaging but majority of them denied that they were using IM apps. Studies show that laptops bring a HUGE distraction to students. 

article on laptops being abused by high school students

Summary

At liverpool high school students were allowed to have laptops and had fee access to the internet. Students began to abuse the privilege of internet access by downloading pornography and hacking other websites. The school decided to secure the internet but even that was not enough to stop students into doing un related school assignments. Laptops do not seem to have an improvement on students education or learning process. A survey was brought up by teachers and parents that 0ne-fifth of students hardly or never used their laptops for learning programs or research. also, school districts were noticing they were spending more money repairing the laptops then actually teaching students or teachers how to use them. So in conclusion laptops show no progress in test scores or homework. 

Seeing No Progress, Some Schools Drop Laptops

Narayan Mahon for The New York Times

My research question

Do laptops help students concentrate while researching or doing school related activities ?

My subtopic

How does allowing students use technology benefit their level of education?