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Students and Technology in the Classroom
I love my blackberry — it's my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thought. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these device and truly communication with others.
On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thorou
ghly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule — no laptop, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.
Most students assume that year reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There's a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am antitechnology. There's no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to think differently and make connections between the course the material and the class discussion.
I've been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the educations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I'm not saying that I won't ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I'm sticking to my plan. A few hours of technologyfree dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
29．Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with________.
A．the course material
B．others' misuse of technology
C．discussion topics
D．the author's class regulator
答案与解析：D 由文章第二段内容可以得出。
30．The underlined word “engage” in para.4 probably means ________.
A．explore B．accept
C．change D．reject
答案与解析：A 由I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas.可知technology会影响我们的深入交流。Engage与explore探索意义表述与之吻合。
31．According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may ________.
A．keep students from doing independent thinking
B．encourage students to have indepth
conversations
C．help students to better understand complex
themes
D．affect students' concentration on course evalu
ation
答案与解析：A Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.可以推知作者认为technology会阻碍我们的独立思考能力。
Students and Technology in the Classroom
I love my blackberry — it's my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my laptop computer, as it holds all of my writing and thought. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these device and truly communication with others.
On occasion, I teach a course called History Matters for a group of higher education managers. My goals for the class include a full discussion of historical themes and ideas. Because I want students to thorou
ghly study the material and exchange their ideas with each other in the classroom, I have a rule — no laptop, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule in advance of the class, some of them were not happy.Most students assume that year reasons for this rule include unpleasant experiences in the past with students misusing technology. There's a bit of truth to that. Some students assume that I am antitechnology. There's no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I relate to my students.
The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is that I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to think differently and make connections between the course the material and the class discussion.
I've been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the educations reflect student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.
I'm not saying that I won't ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I'm sticking to my plan. A few hours of technologyfree dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
29．Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with________.
A．the course material
B．others' misuse of technology
C．discussion topics
D．the author's class regulator
答案与解析：D 由文章第二段内容可以得出。
30．The underlined word “engage” in para.4 probably means ________.
A．explore B．accept
C．change D．reject
答案与解析：A 由I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage complex ideas.可知technology会影响我们的深入交流。Engage与explore探索意义表述与之吻合。
31．According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may ________.
A．keep students from doing independent thinking
B．encourage students to have indepth
conversations
C．help students to better understand complex
themes
D．affect students' concentration on course evalu
ation答案与解析：A Students realize that with deep conversation and challenge, they learn at a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.可以推知作者认为technology会阻碍我们的独立思考能力。
