While in an online class, sometimes you are going to have to respond to assigned readings or to the posts of fellow students who are taking the course with you. Since you are not in a traditional classroom setting, there can be no live dialogue or discussions around the topics that arise in your course. However, blogs and online forums allow for these discussions to take place via the internet. Many of the courses that you are enrolled in require more than just completing an assignment. They may require you to post responses onto a discussion board or forum to show "class participation." To give you practice in this regard, read the article below and post your response to the article, answering some of the questions posed at the conclusion of the article. Happy posting!
Banning Laptops in Classrooms
This article is about how laptops are causing some college students to be distracted in their classes. Several professors are complaining that students are not paying attention in class because they have their laptops, while students argue that professors need to make their classes more interesting so they don't feel the need to entertain themselves. What side of the debate are you on? Is it the fault of the professors for having boring classes? Do students play a role in taking responsibility for their own learning?
I think the students are taking a big role in this and should take responiblity because there the one who are wasting there time the professor is getting paid so im on the side of banning the laptops for college students
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Im on neaither side because its the students desicion if they want to fail the class or not. Its not the teachers fault eaither because they get paid eaither way, but im sure they would get aggravated if none of their students is going to pay attention. theres no point in teaching then.
ReplyDeletei dont agree with the professors. The laptops are not distracting. It is the falt of the professors.
ReplyDeleteTeachers should make their classes more interesting but students should follow rules
ReplyDeleteI think the professors should make the class entertaining while the students should also take responsibility for there learning.. im on the on both of there sides :D
ReplyDeleteI think that it is the students responsibility to take their learning in their own hands. Sure professors may not make it interseting but in a way you arent paying the professor to make the lesson interestibg instead you are paying them for the creadit.Many people have problems concentrating or they cant multi-task and this is what they should work on. Now if the professor isnt teaching, then that is another problem. In life as well not everything is going to be interesting you just need to learn to cope
ReplyDeleteYooo wat up ms.Oswald i think its the proffeser fault because he needs to make sure his class is in order and everyone is doing there work. Not reliying on the students to always do what they are told because all students arent perfect. :D
ReplyDeleteI think the students should take responsibilty in their learning because in the end its they who are going to college to learn. The professor already knows what he teaching. But also some teachers are absolutely monotone. so i would say the blame should go to both.
ReplyDeleteI'm on th college students side...It's the professors fault if the class is too boring to pay attention..It's common since that alot of students will choose a laptop to entertain them rather than to sit in a boring class and not pay attention.
ReplyDeleteI am on the professer side. i do think its the students fault because its their decission not to foucs on their work and i dont think the professer cares much if the students pay attention or not cause at the end of the day their still getting paid. yes students are responsible for their learning because its up to you weather you focus and pay attention
ReplyDeleteim on the student side because the perfessors can easly block everything that the student think are fun and continue with class banning computer make no sense
ReplyDeleteI think the students are playing a role in taking responsibility for their learning because they are paying for the class and the class is suppose to benifit them.. but the professor should also put some excitement into their lessons to keep the students more focused. So I'm kind of neutral on the idea.
ReplyDeleteMY name is Avtar Singh and im on the teachers side becouse the students act stupid and don't take responsabilti.
ReplyDeletei would say its the professers fault , they should make their lessons more fun, interesting they shouldnt bore the students , the students should also participate in class, but its the professers job to teach the student and its the students job to learn ,the proessor should know what the students are getting distracted of .
ReplyDeletei feel like students need to take their own responsility when it comes to learning , education is a main thing in life ,and i feel like if studuents also have a way of the side of hsving a boring class depending on the teacher ,how they teach do they know whts they are teaching all depending on the teacher. so in my opinion im on both sides ;]
ReplyDeleteI feel that the students and the professors are both at fault. The professors should consider the students and come up with more creative ways to keep them attentive. The students may be bored, but they should also respect their professors and consider the fact that their grades could drop because of inattentiveness.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you, it is the students responsibility. They are also in the end wasting their own money.
I like everyones comment peace out
ReplyDelete@Sara w. i agree with you sara because study is the main thing in life without it you cant become what you want to become unless you wanna be a hobo on the street :D
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ReplyDeletewats gud ppl? im on both sides, i think students shud b responsible but also tht teachers should remember we are teens and we need 2 b interested, if the class is boring we not gonna care
ReplyDeleteyo i agree with everyone whos on the students side.!
ReplyDeletei agree with sara because students do need to take their own responsibility
ReplyDeleteI think its the students desicion if they want to fail the class or not.i don't think that is the techers fault is the students fault i think that the students have to put more atention in class and be more responsability in they work.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Shaheed because the teacher also has responsibility over there students. But then the students are also in charge of their own life and there grades.
ReplyDeleteTiffaney
ReplyDeleteI agree with you it is the students responsibilty
To Takara.
ReplyDeletei agree with you, students should take responsility for their learning,and they end up wasting their own money, but its hard to pay attention when the class is boring.
I agree with Tiffany R. because people do need to just learn to deal w| certain disadvantages because life isnt always fair
ReplyDeleteMakayla , i feel you . everything you said makes alot of sense . i def agree
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ReplyDeletesara igerre with you
ReplyDeletei agree with you sara. w , beacause the student is the one thats learning and they paying for it so if they dont care why should the professer care either way the professer gets paid if the student learns or not .
ReplyDeleteteeyana i agree with you but dont you think that the student should take some responsibility in their learning. its their life that their messing up.
ReplyDeletei agree with you avtar but the professer is taking away something that make help you in the future how would you feel if that happen to you
ReplyDeleteSorry,i have nothing to say
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ReplyDeleteThanks Sara. I'm glad someone sees where I'm coming from. You're response was true. Teachers aren't responsible for students. We're responsible for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteStudents in a classroom setting, should understand that they are the ones that need to understand the teacher. In College, the student keep themselves entertained. The teachers should not mind what the student wants, they are the ones need the subject. If they want to pass and get where they are going, they are going to have to get it together and pay attention to the teacher. The student is the one that needs to understand NOT the teacher.
ReplyDeletei think that the students should at least act like they payig attention in the class room so that they the teachers wont just think that the students are not paying attention. now on the other hand. the teachers should make there classes a bit more interesting. so that the students wont be as bored that they have to do something else.
ReplyDeleteIm on both sides...I think that the students shuld take more responsibility for there leraning, but also the professors should make the class entertaining.
ReplyDeletei am on the side of the teachers because it is the students fualt that the are not paying attention to the teacher when she is teaching. If the students do not want to listen then thats them.
ReplyDeleteYea, the teachers should make the class more fun and interesting so that the students would come to class often and start paying attention. This way students will learn more things.
ReplyDeletei think that the students need to take the responsibility for their classwork and pay attention.The only job of the teacher is to teach the lessons and the students need to really pay attention if they want to pass the class.
ReplyDeleteI was agree with that !!!support
ReplyDeleteI think that students are responsible for their actions because if your in college, you should act like a mature adult and work hard for education not play on your computer. But then again its not fair for the other students who are actually on their laptops and doing their work. In conclusion i think that laptops should be ban from college classrooms for the fact that professors are not resonsible for you not paying attention, if we're mature lets take responsibility
ReplyDeleteAs a student myself, I think students should be responsible for their own education. Especially college students. A Professeors' job is to teach, not to babysit.
ReplyDeleteIf you're paying for your education, and you're going to school, you should learn.
i think that if the students really wanted to pass college, they would deal with the teacher even if he is boring and just learn what they gotta learn and get it over with.
ReplyDelete@greysi ; i agree w/you a hundred percent professors are not responsible for your actions
ReplyDeletehenry ramirez
ReplyDeletei'm in the side of the studnts there are ome classes that are so boring that you have to find a way of getting out of that boring zone but i also agree with some teachers because the stdents shouldn't get a laptop for to surf the internet, and because of that is that some teachers want to take away the idea of letting laptops in their class.
I think the students and the teachers are right beacuse Students should be paying attention reguard less. But then again the teachers should be making there leture a bit more interesting if the teachers keep going on and on about the same thing ..well of coures students are gonna get bored so the students well fall asleep or just go on there laptop. So I agree with the sudents and the teachers :D
ReplyDeletei think that the students should take responsibility for their actions. they should not be surfing the web while the professer is trying to help them get a degree. i also think that the professer should try to make the lesson more entertaining so the students wouldn't have to convert to solitaire or facebook. so i'm on the side of the professer.
ReplyDeleteI agree with tiffany R the students should be responsible enough to listen to their teacher and do what they are suppose to do in order o get ahead in life
ReplyDeletei think it is the students fault whether they pay attention in class or not. they are the ones paying for college in the first place. the teacher should give them wha they payfo and be more intresting. and if that doesnt work they should be workin on one of these DOE notebook computers.
ReplyDeleteI really dont care because im not in college yet....
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katherine. Students control their own life. (:
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of them and disagree with both of them too, because the classroom must be more intereting the students paid the money and they should get there moneys' worth. On the other hand the students also must do their part they can't just say that the class is boring and go surfing the internet. The students must know that their paying to get more knowledge not to enter a party. And, oh! Yeah no stupid comments saying hahahah you have a spelling mistake or you dont even know how to spell this or that because i have no idea what i just wrote so yea thats about it and if your still reading this you ..... abdasba;fkabfakjfbaebfjhu;ablah blah blah blah and you no you hahah blah blah WHY ARE YOU STILL READING THIS!!!!
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ReplyDeletei agree w/you
i think that it is both the teachers and the students fault that they are being distacted. the teacher needs to intrest the students and the students need 2 make sure they pay attention.
ReplyDeletei think its the teachers faukt for not beng in charge of their class, if the students are stupid enough not to pay attention to the class then the proffeser should fail them and when the student asked why did they fail then the professer should just tell them they were ont he laptop instead of the class to teach them a lesson and also the students should be smart and pay attention so when they pass and they make money they could buy a laptop of their own, and im on the sid to keep laptop but to onlu give them to the people who are passing their clases.
ReplyDeletei kind of agree with henry cuz when they take da privelege away evryone will get p'd off.
ReplyDeleteyo pienso que los estudiantes deven de tener responsabilidad cuando hagan algo tambien pienso que todo el mundo tiene que tener responsabilidad con lo que tegan eso es lo que yo pienso
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I agree with Henry.
ReplyDeleteI think the professors should make the classes interesting,so that the students would pay more attention!!!
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