There is an ever-increasing use of technology, such as laptops, tablets and desktops in schools and universities for education. It is often argued that this is a positive development, while others believe it is causing adverse ramifications. This essay agrees with the idea of using technology in education for its invaluable benefits to students as well as teachers. This essay will discuss both points of view.
It is clearly evident that, technology brings immediate access to an enormous amount of information for the student’s reference purpose. Students are more often required to write articles on different aspects as a part of their education, this is where technology plays a crucial role in providing them with a wide variety of material at the touch of a button. It is therefore agreed that computers act as a friendly companion for students proving their beneficial uses. For example, Wikipedia, this is one of the popular websites that every student is interested in. When student’s enters a keyword, it provides them with the history of the keyword all in one place.
However, many disagree and feel that technology acts a barrier in real-life human interaction. Human interaction teaches many like skills such as, empathy, discipline and discourse. Despite this, human interaction is still possible through the internet and this essay disagrees that technology is creating negative effects for this reason. For instance, the discovery of online interaction tools like Skype and Facebook has changed the level of communication. People reach out to friends across oceans with just a touch of a button which was not possible earlier.
To conclude, while the benefits of technology, particularly the internet, allow the students to tap into limitless information in a fraction of a second, some still believe that it is a new phenomenon which may curb the human face to face interaction. However, in my opinion, as long as we can keep in mind the importance of human interaction in education, it is clearly positive on educational benefits.
There is an ever-increasing
use
of
technology
, such as laptops, tablets and desktops in schools and universities for
education
. It is
often
argued that this is a
positive
development, while others believe it is causing adverse ramifications. This essay
agrees
with the
idea
of using
technology
in
education
for its invaluable benefits to
students
as well
as teachers. This essay will discuss both points of view.
It is
clearly
evident that,
technology
brings immediate access to an enormous amount of information for the
student’s
reference purpose.
Students
are more
often
required to write articles on
different
aspects as a part of their
education
, this is where
technology
plays a crucial role in providing them with a wide variety of material at the touch of a button. It is
therefore
agreed
that computers act as a friendly companion for
students
proving their beneficial
uses
.
For example
, Wikipedia, this is one of the popular websites that every
student
is interested
in. When
student’s
enters a keyword, it provides them with the history of the keyword all in one place.
However
,
many
disagree and feel that
technology
acts a barrier in real-life
human
interaction
.
Human
interaction
teaches
many
like
skills
such as, empathy, discipline and discourse. Despite this,
human
interaction
is
still
possible through the internet and this essay disagrees that
technology
is creating
negative
effects
for this reason
.
For instance
, the discovery of online
interaction
tools like Skype and Facebook has
changed
the level of communication.
People
reach out to friends across oceans with
just
a touch of a button which was not possible earlier.
To conclude
, while the benefits of
technology
,
particularly
the internet,
allow
the
students
to tap into limitless information in a fraction of a second,
some
still
believe that it is a new phenomenon which may curb the
human
face to face
interaction
.
However
, in my opinion, as long as we can
keep
in mind the importance of
human
interaction
in
education
, it is
clearly
positive
on educational benefits.