What's with the ipod

Well today in our class I found two articles that really caught my attention. One was about ipods such as iphone and itouch are allowed at one university. They say its a good way to have kids learning to use the new technology and not have to deal with the hassel of a laptop. In the articles somewhere it said that it saves you money on not having to buy books and other resources the iphones have. I say that's a lie and a scam. You have to pay the monthly service and additional fees for other stuff on the phone. You will be paying way more for that phone that books that you will not need for long and can always sell back. The iphone is a distraction. Another article I read today was on internet in schools. Some people think its a good and in the articles it said the parents should teach there younger ones to use the computer at a young age and be caught up with the technology. This will help them learn quick, know what they are doing and also help them be ahead. There are lots of people that are behind on knowing how to use the computers but that should not stop us from teaching others. 60 percent of jobs require computer skills and thats alot of people. So its best that we teach the world because one day every job will reqire computer skills. One last think the articles mentioned something about how english teachers love students to write there papers on the computer because it takes away bad handwriting pencils, pens, and has spell check and other additions you just can't know from smarts. All in all i like computers but im not the best typer so i woud rather write it out because it's faster and an easier more effcient way because you can always get a pen and paper to write and not always a computer.