Sunday 14 September 2014


Why Ipads should NOT replace the normal class equipment
Intro:
Good morning everyone and today I’m going to talk to you about why Ipads should NOT replace the normal classroom equipment, like pens and pencils. Do you think Ipads should replace the normal classroom equipment? Well I don’t and I’m going to prove to you why I believe this. I have four reasons, the four reasons are, loss of skill, cost, distraction and sore eyes.
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Firstly the distraction, I believe Ipads should NOT replace the normal classroom equipment because as a kid you can get distracted quite easily by many things, and come on who hasn't seen an IPad with a couple of games.
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Secondly, sore eyes, if you’re on an IPad for around about six hours every day you will get eyestrain, what that means is, your eyes will get sore and you may have to wear glasses. Eye doctors recommend having a break from looking at the screen every 15 to 20 minutes which would cause the kids to get disruptive.
3. Thirdly the cost, some families are struggle to put food on the table and shoes on the kids feet, so how do you expect them to buy Ipads for school. Did you know that northland has the highest rate of child poverty in the country?
  
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The cheapest IPad is about 348 dollars, so in a classroom there are 20 to 40 kids a class, so if you multiple 348 by 20 that’s a whopping 6960 dollars for kids, and that’s just a class what about the whole school. Think about it that’s a lot of money just for learning and the normal classroom equipment is only about a couple of bucks. So what’s the point if you have to pay lots of money just for an IPad for learning? Why can’t you just stick with normal classroom equipment?
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And lastly, the loss of skill. When you write something on the IPad and you get a word wrong the IPad autocorrects it. So that means when you write something on paper you actually learn how to spell it correctly. What about handwriting, your handwriting well be messy because you’re been on an IPad and you haven’t practised. So when you write on the IPad their won’t be flicks or slopes your just typing and changing the font to what you want.
Conclusion:

So that’s why I think Ipads should NOT replace the normal classroom equipment because of the four reasons, I've just told you, the distraction, the cost, the loss of skill and sore eyes. Ipads aren't really a school thing there just a fun and amazement game console. And again that’s why I think Ipads should NOT replace the normal classroom equipment. Thank you for listing and please remember this speech. And thank you again.     

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