Laptop use in the classroom has grown quickly over the years. The questions to ask is, are they benefitting learning in the classroom and should they even be used at all? With almost 25% of schools in the US employing laptop use (Holcomb 1) it seems like they are beneficial. Yet still there are many counter arguments. Which is why laptop use should be allowed but restrictions should be placed on them. Laptops have been proven to aide student learning and quality of work produced by students. Students using laptops are more involved in projects and over 70% of students say their more organized due to laptop use (Holcomb 2). Laptops have also been found to aide in overall student achievement. In a review and analysis by The Metiri Group students received higher scores in English, writing, language arts, and math due to laptops. This is especially true for writing, since about 75% of students using laptops during their writing did better than those who did not (Holcomb 3). Although there are many positive results because of laptops there are also instances where serve little aide to students. After over three years of research in Texas no statistical benefits from laptops were found and there was no rise in state test scores (Holcomb 5). Also demographics of a student determine how effective laptop use is. It was found that students who were encouraged to go to college found laptop use more effective than others that did not (Holcomb 5). Even though that information was found teachers play an astronomical part in weather laptop use is beneficial to students. Therefore schools need to realize that giving students a laptop is not enough, how teachers use the laptops in class is what important (Holcomb 6). In conclusion research was found that laptops support significant opportunities for
Improvement inside the educational setting (Holcomb 8). Although some information is found against laptop use the positive statistics out way the negative. Still the negative must be addressed which is why laptop use should be allowed in the classroom but with restrictions from teachers.