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 puter，as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. Despite this love of technology, I know that there are times when I need to move away from these devices（设备）and truly municate 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 thoroughly 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 my 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 anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. I love technology and try to keep up with it so I can 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 plex ideas. Interruptions by technology often break concentration and allow for too much dependence on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep within themselves for inspiration and ideas. I want them to push each other 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 evaluations 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 technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.
【小题1】Some of the students in the history class were unhappy with .A．the course materialB．others’ misuse of technology C．discussion topicsD．the author’s class regulations【小题2】The underlined word “engage ”in paragraph 4 probably means .A．exploreB．acceptC．changeD．reject【小题3】 According to the author, the use of technology in the classroom may .A．keep students from doing independent thinking B．encourage students to have in-depth conversationsC．help students to better understand plex themes D．affect students’ concentration on course evaluation【小题4】 It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the author .A．is quite stubborn B．will give up teaching history C．will change his teaching plan soon D．values technology-free dialogues in his classD
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(答案→)D
解析：【文章大意】议论文，文章论述的主题是，students and technology，文章以教师的口吻谈到为何不允许学生在课堂上玩ipad、手机等通讯工具，因为technology会影响我们的深入交流。
【小题1】D。细节理解题。由文章第二段内容可以得出。
【小题1】A。细节理解题，由I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversions and truly engage plex ideas. 可知technology会影响我们深入的交流。Engage与explore探索意义表述与之为吻合。
【小题1】A。推理判断题。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。
【小题1】D。推理判断题。由文章最后一段作者深信自己的technology会影响我们的深入交流。并且坚持她的values technology-free dialogues in his class的观点。