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Hello everyone. In this post, I’m going to talk about a classic yet still very important issue: Technology in education. Is it really necessary? Is it okay not to use technology in schools?
It is hard to get used to something completely new for some people, but we must accept how crucial technology usage is in our lives today. Most people admit how important it is and how we should make use of it in the education field but when it comes into practice, more than half of those people prefer not to use it. However, with time, it will no longer be a choice. It is not possible to leave education out when technology affects everything we know in this world.
It’s the age of the digital natives
Children today are born into a world where constant technology use is normal. They don’t know anything but a world filled with advanced computers, tablets, anything. Do you think it will make sense to them if we rip them off from all the opportunities technology could give to them when they’re at school?
It’s easier for the teacher
Think about a teacher who has four different classes and more that a hundred students. After a test, grading all those paper is definitely nothing but torture when there is another way to do this. Much easier for both students and the teachers. No waiting for the results to come out, no grading by hand reading each answer one by one. Can you imagine how much time we could save if we had our tests digitally?
Everyone can learn at their own pace
In a class where everything is on the teacher, the students who are quick to understand or the students who need more practice and repeating to get the full understanding of the subject might get disencourage and left out. They might give up on the course completely. There is no way the teacher can deal with everyone individually to prevent this from happening. But technology makes it possible. It gives everyone the chance to repeat whenever and as many times as they want. They control their own learning which results in a much greater success rate.
Technology cannot be ignored in education, because it is already included in every second of our lives. Teachers should acknowledge all the advantages of technology integration in classrooms and apply them accordingly to get the best results. As Alan November says, “Teachers need to stop saying, ‘Hand it in,’ and start saying ‘Publish It.’”
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