Technology
is more prevalent in most classrooms now.
Schools are becoming more tech savvy, offering different technological
tools to their students to aid in their learning. Many students are now basing
where they study off of the technology benefits the school has to offer. A
college student, Shama Nisha Singh, says, “Technology plays a big role in
increasing our information base on various subjects and that shows in the marks
one scores.” The change is evident that everyone is moving from rote learning
to technology based education. Laptops,
interactive CDs, and e-learning are slowly becoming a part to everyday
classroom life. The article states that the majority of people in India are
made up of something called the GenNext and it is important to provide those
individuals with the right education. India has been implementing new things
into their education system with reference to technology and believe that an
introduction in IT will aid students, faculty, and bring overall improvement to
the efficiency of the system. The Internet has made everything available at the
click of a finger and students are definitely taking advantage of this
technology.
Technology
is a great thing, something that is sure to continue to be prevalent in the
years to come. However, from the education perspective, I don’t think that
education should start to move solely on technology and that is the overall
feel that I am getting from this article. I don’t think that technology makes
learning complete as the title of the article says, but I do think that it is a
useful aid in learning. Technology should be another alternative, another style
of teaching used in the classroom to help those hands on learners, creative
learners, visual learners, etc. I personally do not care for all of the technology
use in the classroom for a couple of reasons. One reason is that it sometimes a
distraction, when students bring laptops to class most of the time students are
not listening because they are on Facebook, Twitter, emailing, and or finding
other things to do but listen to the teacher. Another reason, in my personal
experience is that now teachers are using more technology to teach, as far as
using prezis and other aids, and it is annoying when things don’t work due to
internet connection or doesn’t load. This causes a delay in class and some
teachers are all over the place with their lectures because they didn’t have a
back up, something that they always tell us students to do. My last reason is
that we still have people who are living in poverty that go to school and cannot
afford the Internet, laptop, or even the transportation to a library to
complete a sometimes required electronic assignment. Technology is a great
asset and I love it at times but like the article said technology should not be
used to try to substitute the knowledge a teacher can impart.
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