Picture this, you walk into a classroom and all you see is desks lined up in tightly packed rows, a teacher’s desk pushed in the front corner and a bright, green chalkboard. Some kids are falling asleep and others are making paper airplanes. The teacher in the front is lecturing the students on the importance of the French Revolution. I know, this sounds like a classroom from the 18th century, but some people believe that this is how education should be conducted today as well. These people don’t understand the benefits of having technology in the classroom. Computers hold databases with millions of rows of informational data, store primary documents, have videos that explain hard topics and are hosts to thousands of websites to help student
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The internet allows students to practice the basics of a new language in many different ways. There are apps, websites and YouTube videos that all teach how to improve skills in learning a foreign language. With the use of the internet, “Students are able to hear the language, practice speaking skills, and enhance their overall understanding,” (“7 Reasons”). My French teacher freshman year showed our class an app that quizzes you on spelling, pronunciation and listening. This app has become a crucial part of my success in honors french 4. Technology gives students motivation and serve as a teacher at all times. Continuing to speak, write and hear a new language is the only way to absorb the language and having an app that reminds you everyday to practice your French for 15 minutes is the one of the best ways to do this. Today, “one in five jobs are tied to international trade,” and having proficiency in a second language can help students get jobs in the future (Friedman). Access to the internet is shaping how learning can evolve and improving foreign language skills is one aspect that has been improving …show more content…
Using computers helps students improve their writing skills and has also led to students developing their ideas more easily. Many states have created laptop programs in schools to help improve the proficiency of the children in their state, “in Maine, 49% of eighth graders tested as proficient at writing in 2005, compared with 29% in 2000, before the state began its laptop program,” (“Laptops”). Not only are students improving on their technical skills with the aid of the internet and computers in the classroom, but also they are becoming more confident. E.R. Bialo and J. Sivin-Kachala pulled numerous studies together and figured out that “students feel more successful in school, are more motivated to learn and have increased self confidence and self esteem when using Computer Assisted Instruction.” (Kosakowski). Approximately 20% of all teens will face depression (“Teen”) and being motivated by technology and the internet can help teens go through these difficult times. There are both technical and emotional positives to the use of computers in
The internet allows students to practice the basics of a new language in many different ways. There are apps, websites and YouTube videos that all teach how to improve skills in learning a foreign language. With the use of the internet, “Students are able to hear the language, practice speaking skills, and enhance their overall understanding,” (“7 Reasons”). My French teacher freshman year showed our class an app that quizzes you on spelling, pronunciation and listening. This app has become a crucial part of my success in honors french 4. Technology gives students motivation and serve as a teacher at all times. Continuing to speak, write and hear a new language is the only way to absorb the language and having an app that reminds you everyday to practice your French for 15 minutes is the one of the best ways to do this. Today, “one in five jobs are tied to international trade,” and having proficiency in a second language can help students get jobs in the future (Friedman). Access to the internet is shaping how learning can evolve and improving foreign language skills is one aspect that has been improving …show more content…
Using computers helps students improve their writing skills and has also led to students developing their ideas more easily. Many states have created laptop programs in schools to help improve the proficiency of the children in their state, “in Maine, 49% of eighth graders tested as proficient at writing in 2005, compared with 29% in 2000, before the state began its laptop program,” (“Laptops”). Not only are students improving on their technical skills with the aid of the internet and computers in the classroom, but also they are becoming more confident. E.R. Bialo and J. Sivin-Kachala pulled numerous studies together and figured out that “students feel more successful in school, are more motivated to learn and have increased self confidence and self esteem when using Computer Assisted Instruction.” (Kosakowski). Approximately 20% of all teens will face depression (“Teen”) and being motivated by technology and the internet can help teens go through these difficult times. There are both technical and emotional positives to the use of computers in