By Briana McGee / Staff Writer
While some Bishop Amat High School teachers may not like the idea of iPads in their classrooms, many students said they enjoy using their own technology in class because it is more convenient.
Senior Anyssa Rodarte swears it is easier to use iPads rather writing on a piece of paper since she misspells many words.
Sitting in class with the powerpoints taking notes many students have difficulty reading from so far away.
“I think iPads are more helpful on my eyes because I can just get all the information from right here without having to flip back and forth from my notes to my book. It is all on one screen,” junior Sydney Martinez said.
Religion teacher Mrs. Patricia Contreras agreed with the fact of having iPads in the class.
“I think it would be nice to have iPads in the class,” Mrs. Contreras said.
Many students and teachers may argue that having iPads as textbooks is not a smart thing to do.
“I do not like the idea about having iPads in the class because it would take away from learning,” junior Mary Suehrstedt said. “Students would be more inclined to cheat, text, or play games more than they already do.”
There are many more students that like the idea of having iPads rather than textbooks. It is easier to carry and stay organized.
“By using my iPad at home it has helped me stay organized,” senior Christian Hernandez said. “It has also helped me remember things because I am using something I enjoy doing so it is easier for me to remember, just taking notes on regular paper gets boring, so I just daze off.”
Many students would agree that it helps them be organized because it can all be on just one screen instead of having to search for all your notes.
“My iPad makes it really easy for me to keep all my notes in one place and I never have to worry about losing them because they are all just right there on my screen,” senior Pamela Tenorio said. “It also helps me find all my notes a lot quicker than when I just write them down on a sheet of paper.”
Students that have the iPad know that it is a lot easier to stay organized. A lot more people also know how to type a lot faster than write.
“I do not have the best writing so I always worry about people not being able to read my writing, but if I use my iPad to take my notes and just email them to the person I won’t have to worry about it,” sophomore Adrian Diaz said.
If students had a project that included sharing notes then it would be a lot easier to just hit send on an iPad than having to go and find the person and hope that they can read your writing.
Worrying if someone can read your writing is always dreadful. If you can just type it up and share it online it would make projects and notes sharing a lot easier.
iPads in the class can be argued of being a good thing or a bad thing. Bishop Amat waits to see if iPads will be used for more things in the classroom.
