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Debate: Should students rely on technology for their homework?

Today, students use ipods, ipads, phones, laptops, and different tablets to use the internet to help them with their homework. Don't know a word? Google it. Don't know the answer to this math problem? Use a calculator. And so on. Does this make sense?

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  • Mofeed Abu Mosa

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    Oct 30 2012: From my experience as a math teacher I think technology now is not an option it is a must.
    My idea about this issue, that teachers should design new challenge tasks that encourage students to practice hands on activities.
    My work with dynamic software as Geogebra allow me to invent a new theory derived from Pythagoras theory. also it enables me to go beyond the traditional teaching

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