Fischbowl- Why Wireless?-Feb 15

I read about November's Why Wireless and he talked about giving the students access to the internet while they are school. He discussed that it was a good idea because the internet has so much to offer to these students. Not only is the internet an important tool these days for students to communicate there is a wealth of information out there waiting for them to find. He defended himself by saying that the students had access to the teachers web pages that had assignments, notes, etc and online hosts such as EBSCO. He discussed their need to learn to multitask which they can do by having access to the internet and carrying on with a normal school day and all that it entails. I think that is a very good point that is made becasue he is right the most common reason for not wanting this in the classroom is that students will not pay attention to what they are supposed to be learning but I dont think that we give them enough credit because the kids this day and age can do lots of things while being on the internet and chatting with friends. They do it at home why not give them the oppotunity at school if they are learning and doing school related things?
Giving students access to the internet is giving them the opportunity to learn he says. Students these days are different than even 5 years ago they learn and communicate differently than older people do. I thin that he makes a very good argument and defends this very well.