Considering that nowadays most students use laptops to write their papers, and use Google to find the
content of their papers, it's seems an important question to ask: Do students really need all that technology? Quoting
AP:
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"The biggest problem that students have is that technology often ends up being a distraction," says Robin Raskin, the founder and former editor of FamilyPC magazine. "In an information society the smart person will be the one who can shut out all the distractions."
Raskin cites an example of a student who searches the Web for information on the French Revolution — and comes up with french toast, french music or french kissing. "A child can spend half the night searching for an answer to one question," Raskin said.
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If you are or were a parent, how much of today's technology would you make available to your kids going to high-school?