Laptops

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Should children use laptops in school? A number of school are testing out laptops in classroom settings. Laptops can be very helpful learning tools by getting computers into the hands of people who might not be able to afford one at home. Not everyone agrees its a good idea, however. Laptops can be expensive, difficult to set up, and (in some cases) distracting.
Statement of the Topic
The topic is Laptops in the classroom.
My research will be conducted on the ways in which laptops are currently changing students curriculum and behavior. I willbe focusing my research on elementary schools, and whould therefore like to examine the changes that laptops have brought to education.
Method Section
I am currently working on a survey designed to evaluate student laptop use. This Survery has the following objective.
- to determine how students were using their laptops both in and out of class.
- to gather information on student satisfaction with educational experience.
- to obtain student in put on how the laptop program might be improved.The

Statement of the Hypothesis
The purose of the study is to explore wether we should support or not support laptops in the classroom. My hypothesis is that laptops are a disadvantage to be used by children in school and should therefore not be supported
Research Participants.
The sample oblainedfrom 6 grade class, consisted of 9 boys and 12 girls are using laptop in the classroom.
Review of Related Iiterature
Should conventional learning tools be replaced by laptops?
We have all read about places trying to accomlish a paperless environment, and we have all thought about how laptops may some day replace textbook. I think that we should take this one step further. Should laptops replase other conventional learning tools. Do we think that in the future laptops can and will replace many of the things that found in classroom today. Paper, pencils, books, calculators, notebooks. We...