2 topic discussions

Today in class we discussed several different topics but two topics that really caught my attention were the ones on how "technology helps students adopt good study habits", and the article on "reading, writing, and iphoning". In the article "technology helps students adopt good study habits" the author talks about a system on the computer that each student gets as soon as they log into their school account. what this program does is when a student logs into his or her account something similar to a traffic light system appears where the colors green, yellow, and red symbolize the students grade status in a class. Green would symbolize that the student is doing well in the class and the program has personal messages from their teachers encouraging them to keep up the good work. a yellow light means the student is probably in the grade average of a high or low C and needs t0 tread carefully so he or she doesn't slip into failing, and a red light ofcourse indicates that the student is failing the class and needs to bring up the grade and it has personal messages from the teacher saying exactly how the student could do this. 

     In the article "reading writing and iphoning" it talks about the advantages of haveing something that can ne described as an internet in your pocket device. it van be used to look up imporant information for any of your classes at any time. but students can also use their internet picket devices to look up things that they shouldny be on in class and could be a major distraction for the students. when students started goint to abilene christian university they were given tshirts, orientation packets, and either an iphone or ipod touch. in my opinion giveing out iphones and ipod touches is only a scheme to draw students to their school. i think all of the things the school could say to justify themselves like how they could look up important things in class could be done the same or even better with a standard computer that the school supplies or the students would buy themselves.