Summary Of In Defense Of Laptops In The Classroom

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Is Laptops really an effective tool for education?
Rebecca Schuman, an education columnist for Slate published an article “In Defense of Laptops in the Classroom” on June 15, 2014, discusses on whether the restriction of laptops during lectures will hinder the maturity development, in terms of self-discipline of the students into adulthood. In the article, Schuman attempts to convince the academic communities of the effectiveness of implementing the use of laptop as a tool for education. However, she uses a negative approach of asserting her stand that laptop are effective due to the use of inappropriate language, supporting with personal experience and assumptions which weaken her credibility.
In the article, Schuman’s inappropriate use of