Effects Of Technology Changing Education

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Technology changing education for the better or not Technology can be used for your education uses like looking for a tutor, trying to contact your teacher and more. Technology is amazing for teacher to they can show us videos about what we’re going to learn and can teach us even faster. But it also has its flaws like they can get distracted with games, funny videos, ads about how to change your eye color and other random things. This can also stop students from carrying about anything else but the games the videos and the outside world. They can even forget about eating for a whole week I know how it feels because I used to be like that, but you just need a time limit because if your just always on it and never leave it that’s also not healthy …show more content…
Teachers can easily show students websites to help them with every subject especially math I 've researched and looked on different websites and it 's been math. there are specific websites that can show you how to do the problem that there struggling on. This technology can also help you with your studies when you have a test the next day later and you didn’t study. I 've use it for practice test flash cards to help me and even tutors to help me with them. According to Edsurge “when you take a closer look, you will realize how much more this assistive technology provides in special education” (Humienny). Technology an amazing thing that we were gifted with its making everything as simple as pressing a couple buttons and you learn something new, it uses to take people at least some adults that are trying to finish their education. Like my older brother he’s trying to finish his education he uses technology to study get help on homework anything that’s school related really. Mostly everyone in my family uses technology to work on something or send important things. The three most important reasons technology is changing education is that it helps special need students a lot, studying for a big exam, also contacting a friend for notes or help on things. My siblings school uses technology all the time for practice test …show more content…
According to mashable “technology is helping teachers to expand beyond linear, text-based learning and to engage students who learn best in other ways its role in schools has evolved from a contained computer class” (Kessler). Other ways technology has changed education is that “so much of our research and learning is now more web-based, what used to take hours in the library to find information now we find it instantaneously” (McKnight).Technology is going to change the future so much I can’t wait to see how education will be in a

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