Throughout history in the United States, technology development increased drastically. The development of technology and its usage has impacted many individuals and organizations. In the 1980s, United States, United Kingdom and Australia governments have implemented the usage of technology in the school environment (Lynch, 2006). These governments wanted to integrate the use of technology in the schools, so that students could use technology as a learning tool to improve their learning and teaching experience. Even though, the concept of students using technology to improve their learning, there were some ethical issues with the use of technology in the schools.
One of the ethical issue came from teachers and their view on how the technology could impact the students’ willingness to comprehend the content given by the teachers. Teachers …show more content…
The use of technology could impact students’ learning and teaching in a negative form, because they can serve as distractions and the reliability of the technology. Distractions could stem from social media and gaming. An illustration of this would be professors or teachers, who conduct a lecture, but the student was distracted by the use of technology, because they were on social media or playing computer games rather than listening to the lecture that was given. The reliability of the technology was the false information that students could obtain from the internet, especially from websites that have not been classified as reliable. The distractions and the lack of reliability could present ethical concerns for students using technology in the school setting (Gardelli, Alerby & Persson, 2014). In the school setting, the use of technology had both negative and positive implications on education. It should be important that students use the technology for more positive outcomes, so that they might better their educational
One of the ethical issue came from teachers and their view on how the technology could impact the students’ willingness to comprehend the content given by the teachers. Teachers …show more content…
The use of technology could impact students’ learning and teaching in a negative form, because they can serve as distractions and the reliability of the technology. Distractions could stem from social media and gaming. An illustration of this would be professors or teachers, who conduct a lecture, but the student was distracted by the use of technology, because they were on social media or playing computer games rather than listening to the lecture that was given. The reliability of the technology was the false information that students could obtain from the internet, especially from websites that have not been classified as reliable. The distractions and the lack of reliability could present ethical concerns for students using technology in the school setting (Gardelli, Alerby & Persson, 2014). In the school setting, the use of technology had both negative and positive implications on education. It should be important that students use the technology for more positive outcomes, so that they might better their educational