The Importance Of Technology In The New Age Of Education

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Technology is always changing, growing and developing in the world and it 's not taking a break. As time goes on people will only gain more knowledge and improve it . Technology has become the world 's main source of communication every where. Before technology, the way to keeping in touch with anyone was to call them at a payphone,meetup somewhere or write a letter to them. Originally the computers were created for adults but the younger generation found a way of making it into our own purpose and not just for adults (Bloom, 2015). The typical teen is on the internet all the time but this can affect them depending on what they put out or say on the internet. Changes in technology have provided a new age of learning for teens, however …show more content…
It has became an advantage in some aspects, for example in the past if someone wanted to know something about a college or career you are interested in you had to go to the library. The best thing you could do was hope the book you wanted to check out was still there and no one got to it before you. Instantly with the new technology you have an unlimited amount of information at the click of a button. Now that it is being used in the classroom it has become much easier to gain the material and information needed to do your homework as well as projects (Fitton, Ahmedani, Harold & Shifflet. …show more content…
Many people have gotten in car accidents and the main common reason is the cell phone.Normally it 's because the driver looked down to check/send a text or take a peek at what was the recent post on twitter, but you should think about the dangers of taking your eyes off the road for even a second just to look at something that could wait another few minutes. There have been incidents where someone was walking and crossed the street while looking at their phone and have been hit by a car, and later passed away. The drivers don’t expect someone to walk in the middle of the street without looking so they end up hitting someone on accident (LEWIS,

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