Advantages Of Allowing Technology In The Classroom

Allowing Technology in the Classroom

Rhetorical Situation

The topic of this Rogerian argument is that teachers and professors need to allow students to use technology as a way of taking notes if they chose. If students are restricted to only taking notes with paper and pen, then students who learn better with the aid of technology will be at a disadvantage. The audience for this argument is a very specific person; Philip Pope, a high school civics and economics teacher will be the audience of this rogerian argument. Philip Pope is a teacher who will not allow technology to be used in the classroom and requires that all notes and assignments are recorded on paper. This Rogerian argument will be presented as a monologue intended to be spoken to a board of

Students are not entitled to solutions to every problem that may come about as a result of their choosing to use technology; if a student chooses to use technology than it is their responsibility to solve those problems for themselves.For example, just because a teacher allows computers in class, it does not mean that the teacher must also supply a way for the students to charge their computers if the situation may arise that one needs to charge her computer; this is the student’s responsibility and she must solve the problem on her own. Computers do offer easily accessible distractions during class if they are used for note taking, however if a student chooses to be distracted by their computer and use it for the purpose of entertainment instead of notes taking then it will show when it comes test time and they don’t have the notes to study. Students that are easily distracted by what is happening in front of them and would be distracted if another student were to use a computer in class can simply choose not to sit behind a student that uses technology to take