At What Class Level Should Tablets Be Allowed in Schools?

by SodaHead Living Posted 2012/07/27 20:58:46

Related Topics: Tablets, Technology, School, Back To School, Teachers, students

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	Elementary School	441 votes	18%
	Middle School	535 votes	21%
	High School	730 votes	29%
	College	454 votes	18%
	Never!	330 votes	13%

Is it just us or did summer swing by faster than usual this time around? With August just around the corner, "Back to School" is the thing on everyone's mind. Well, if you're a student, parent or teacher at least.

It's almost time to swap bathing suits for books. And while you don't have to complete any tests or do any homework quite yet, we think now's the optimal time to get your mind juices flowing with our quick, 8-Question "Back to School" Survey. Don't worry: No matter the answer, we'll give you an "A+" anyway.

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Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ 2012/08/01 16:15:20

Elementary School

+6

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Cameryn 2012/08/12 23:58:39

Middle School

Elementary school is too young, they might break it, but by seventh or eighth grade they should be okay.

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mandyinabox 2012/08/09 06:04:27

Middle School

middle school ONLY

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Bebeandpie 2012/08/07 18:07:11

Middle School

I Kinda said Middle School because I'm IN Middle school............

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Bebeandpie to Bebeandpie 2012/08/07 18:07:49

+3
8th grade..

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Blind guardian 2012/08/07 00:56:14

College

lap tops so clumbersom, tablets would be so much better for taking down notes in class and such

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Illjwamh 2012/08/04 23:20:45

College

They could prove very useful in lecture classes, or really any class where you have to take a lot of notes, and they're much less cumbersome than laptops.

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trublu 2012/08/04 05:23:20

Elementary School

the sooner we get 'em hooked the better

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cnsharp 2012/08/02 15:04:34

High School

+1
See comment about laptops

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Nate Hubert 2012/08/02 04:42:42

College

+2
I believe it is a good idea to teach children the traditional ways of doing things first, or at least teach both at the same time. The US has a system of satellites orbiting the Earth that can track your location down at distances less than a meter, but the military still teaches orienteering to its soldiers. As powerful and necessary as technology has become, we need to know how to function without it, too. Let children first learn about the world in its pure, true form, so that they can truly understand it. Then throw our human creations at them.

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XCloudPandaX 2012/08/01 20:48:48

High School

+2
though i'd probably be the only one in the class like "..da faq..? ¯\(°_o)/¯ " lol

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☠ Live Free Or Die ☠ 2012/08/01 19:52:24

High School

Sounds reasonable. A lot of people at my school use one laptop to take their notes for all their classes and whip out a phone to look up definitions. Sounds like a sweet deal to me.

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nate 2012/08/01 18:25:11

High School

+1
We got iPads last year at our high school, and I think they're appropriate for high schoolers. I don't think middle schoolers could handle them.

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Quazimoto 2012/08/01 17:06:33

College

+3
You don't need no stinking tablets before College.

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Queen B 2012/08/01 16:32:40

Elementary School

+2
It's an educational tool. All students should be exposed to the newest technology...even kindergarteners are savvy at learning how to use them.

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wildcat 2012/08/01 16:28:59

Elementary School

+2
the sooner the better, technology in the hands of kids is a good thing.

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Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ 2012/08/01 16:15:20

Elementary School

+6

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Firefly 2012/08/01 16:03:19

Elementary School

+2
Schools should provide them, as a learning tool, right away...

Technology is the future, and young minds are ripe for learning ;0 )

It would be a serious injustice to kids, and to the world, to delay thier use ~

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Chef Ghostrider Sr 2012/08/01 15:37:24

Middle School

+2
OK if your household income is at a rate, in-which you can buy your child a tablets for there education then good for you & your child. Now here the problem ever household in American is not the same. This is where the school should have funding with getting the necessary technically that the European's have. This is one of the million reason we ( American) is losing the game on education.

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stevegtexas@aol.com 2012/08/01 15:36:08 (edited)

Elementary School

+1
Couldnt help but notice, Is it for an all asian school?

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Jermaine Pollard 2012/08/01 14:09:34

Elementary School

+1
My wife is a 1st grade teacher and now has them using iPads throughout the year.

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twhiting9275 2012/08/01 06:03:41

High School

+1
My 5 and 6 (now) year old nieces have iPhones (admittedly, I gave one of them my old one, since I had no use for it). They're learning to use iPads in school. Talk about crazy!! Back in my day , it was Apple II and Oregon Settler. Then again, we were a bit older than 5 or 6.

High School, definitely, just as long as those things have zero internet on them.

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Azazyel's Dragon 2012/08/01 03:53:34

Middle School

+2
We can trust middle school children, right?

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Andromida96 2012/08/01 03:47:18

Middle School

+2
Education HAS nno choice but to advance with technology or as Egon says "Print, is dead." (Ghostbusters)---still the basic necessaties of fundamentals like books, dictionaries, pencils and paper SHOULD NOT BE FORGOTTEN just because resources of computers are available with thesaurous and spell check!

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ChocolateThunder 2012/08/01 03:13:58

Middle School

+1
But the activity should be closely monitored.

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EdVenture 2012/07/31 21:23:36

Elementary School

+2
But how to tell time, accurate political history, the economy, manage a checking account and budget, and how to learn and research should be foundational.

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smurfmafia355 2012/07/31 19:06:12

High School

+2
The only use for tablets in school is really to hold textbooks. They aren't very useful for anything else at that level except small amounts of typing (5 pages tops). Having an option to get your textbooks on your own tablet is a good idea, but before that it's just a game for little kids that will probably break them.

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mrs.heart attack 2012/07/31 18:29:09

High School

+1
In middle there just to childish and would destroy them

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candida.carter 2012/07/31 17:22:06

Elementary School

+3
We live in a world that demands a sophisticated understanding of technology. I think that tablets should be used in the same way any other computers are in school, with limited educational only content and monitored limited time. They are a tool for learning but only when used as an accessory to complete education curriculum. I have recently considered getting my own children ages 8 and 6 a kindle fire as it supports some excellent learning games and the size and touch screen component are appropriate to their dexterity.

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ellomotto 2012/07/31 16:30:31

Never!

+1
Well we aren't allowed to have ANY electronic devises in class because they are a distraction

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candida... to ellomotto 2012/07/31 17:23:12

+1
You never played oregon trail on an old dos only machine? I loved that game though we could only use the computer for 30 minutes once a week.

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ellomotto to candida... 2012/08/01 03:56:33

+1
We are only allowed to use computers to type essays and do research. There is no fun in my highschool

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candida... to ellomotto 2012/08/04 16:08:18

bummer.

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Frenchi Le~ann 2012/07/31 16:09:37

Middle School

+2
We got ipads in middle school and saw an increase in grades.
I think it's not for everyone though. I was not used to using
the i-product interface and it actually slowed. down my class
work production. :) still got an A-

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lark 2012/07/31 15:34:37

High School

+1
unless their is a reason for younger children to use them. Some special needs children excel with them.

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Cookielane 2012/07/31 14:43:43

High School

+2
I have a couple of middle schoolers, and they don't really appreciate the cost of my iPad. I'm thinking high school and beyond.

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Mattisadoormatt 2012/07/31 13:11:15

Middle School

+1
I started in middle school. We only used them in geography when our teacher wanted us to get a good look at some other country using googgle maps.

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Madi 2012/07/31 12:55:22

Middle School

+2
We shouldn't surround kids with technology too young, but tablets might end up being a neccseity for jobs in the future, so we should be teaching them as young as appropriate.

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Tominator 2012/07/31 12:55:09

College

+1
I'm not saying there can't be classes in technology in the primary education systen BUT they all have to be strictly monitored.

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Thank you but no... 2012/07/31 12:45:07

College

+1
And then only on the say so of the teacher.

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/07/31 12:37:22

Middle School

+1
Make that the higher middle school, what we used to call "junior high," that is, Grade 7. You could store a lot of textbooks on the cloud, and make them student-accessible. (The better idea is to let students have some kind of access to an individual copy so that they can annotate it at will.)

Yes, I know: I have, at a trice, destroyed the used textbook market.

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