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http://http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2007/09/25/how-long-does-it-take-to-become-a-tool/ Today I read a post called How Long does it Take to Become a Tool on 2 cents worth. This post focused on how email and blogging abuse and how long it will take before new technology is used as not a toy, but as a learning tool.

This post applied to our class because laptops and other new technology are being introduced to the classroom. We sometimes have problems remembering that our laptops are not for chatting with friends, but for learning. Sometimes, we forget that Google Earth is not for looking up our friend’s address and saying “I see you!” but for searching for places we have been and remembering what we did there, (though admittedly, the former is very fun.) Our privilege to use the laptops in class is sometimes abused, just as David Warlick said.

This post applies to my life because sometimes, when I am doing my homework, I forget that I am doing homework, not checking email. Sometimes, I get distracted by something I see on the web, and forget why I am really on the computer.

How Long Does It Take to Become a Tool relates to the world because new technology is being applied to the classroom all the time. Most students aren’t used to having such advanced technology in the classroom. Often they get distracted by it and technology becomes a toy again.

We will always be distracted by the advancements in our classrooms, but it won’t be long before laptops, web cams, and other equipment are used every day, in every classroom.