Civics Debate Points:

1. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlereader.fcgi?artid=24790 1 -expensive for schoolboard -technology is more espensive than conventional learning equipment -give comparisons: -Overhead projector costs as little as $ !!"!! and requires nothing else but acetate to operate# lcd projectors cost bet$een $%!! and $ %!! dollars and require a laptop and other expensive peripherals to operate -laptop costs $%!! dollars at least# $hich is far more expensive than paper and pencils -computers cost at least $&!! dollars -money better spent on other things 2. http://www.en.wi!ipedia.org/wi!i/epilep"# -ha'ard to children $ith epilepsy# since technology li(e lcd screens# can cause them to go into a sei'ure due to the potentially flashing screens" -)pilepsy is a condition $hen flashing lights can cause an epileptic sei'ure -*n epileptic sei'ure is caused by excessive electrical neuronal activity# and is usually selflimiting" +t can manifest as an alteration in mental state# tonic or clonic movements# or convulsions" -%! million people have epilepsy in the $orld" ,his means that in -. people have epilepsy" $. http://"hanglee.com/blog/200%/01/29/t#ping&v"&writing -(ids $ho can/t type $ill feel left out and isolated -$ill stand out -can be made fun of -(ids tend to ma(e fun of others $ho are different# $hich can lead for depression in students $ho can/t type 4. http://www.pa"adenae#e.com/fa'/fa'0(/fa'0()te*t.html -staring at computer screens for hours at a time can damage children/s eyes -for example# our school has classes hour and &! minutes long -this means that if all subjects use computers students $ill be staring at computer screens for up to . hours a day# $hich causes eye fatige for several reasons li(e: o 0aving to read or use a computer at a fixed# set distance for a long continuous period of time" )ven if a person has more than adequate focusing ability# focusing at a set distance continuously can fatigue the lens" o 0aving to read or $or( at very close distances" ,his requires much more focusing and leads to more rapid fatigue" o 1sing inadequately po$ered reading glasses# or using an outdated glasses prescription" o 2or(ing in situations $ith inadequate lighting# or $ith glare from overhead lighting" o 0aving other underlying eye problems# such as ocular allergy or dry eye" o 0aving an imbalance in eye muscle alignment# so that the eyes have to fight to stay fixated on a near object"