A Powerful Learning Tool

By 6A Reporters: Emil, Milad, Alice, Hanna, Johanna

Computers.
We use them every day.                                                                                             

So why not use them in school as well?

Computers can be a powerful learning tool. They allow you to find information, write documents, and then sharing those documents with other people. They make it easier to make presentations and communicate with people. So shouldn’t  it be good with personal computers? We asked some people about this.

The students we asked about personal computers said yes, we would be able to handle them, when we asked them if they thought we would be able to handle personal computers. 

The teachers, however, were not as sure. “Name one good and one bad thing about personal computers.” We asked a student. “Everyone will get the same kind of computer, but, it’s easy for them to break.” He said when we asked him about it.                           

                              
We also asked the principal of IES Hässelby Strand, Ms Schäfer, what she thought about this. She said that it’s a good idea to have our own personal computers, but that it would be very expensive. When we asked her if we would still need books with personal computers she said yes, but not in every subject. 

Ms Schäfer thinks that it would be good for our education with personal computers. “If we would have our own computers, do you think we would be able to handle them?” we asked, and Ms Schäfer said that she was not sure. We also asked Ms Schäfer if we would store the computers in our lockers, but Ms Schäfer said no. The lockers are too unsafe. Then we asked if we would be allowed to take the computers home after school, and Ms Schäfer said no, because it would be really easy for them to break.
 

Right now there is only 35 computers for students to use (which is not enough), not counting the teachers computers or the ones at the library. The plan is to get more and more computers every year.

When we asked Ms Eggen, the head of the computer department, if we could get personal computers, she said that “The computers will be very expensive, but we will get more computers next year."