How Does Technology Affects Education

An accelerated-learning course is completed online by a sixth grade student. An online program helps the third grade student with ADHD. An exciting presentation engages the students in a new lesson. These are all scenarios in which technology affects education in a positive way. Choosing whether or not to use such engaging means of education is an important decision for schools. They have been introduced to education in a variety of ways that have either enhanced or hindered the learning experience in a classroom environment. However, when used correctly, technology can greatly benefit a school and its students when integrated into the curriculum. Because of this, schools should consider these three factors before introducing these technologies …show more content…
A student is assigned an individual project for her Economics class in which she can design an advertisement ad for a product and eventually sell the product in school. She uses her laptop and ITunes to design an engaging, musical video that attracts buyer to her product. However, the student gets distracted midway through the making of the ad. She loses sight of her goal and becomes unengaged. Where is the teacher to help guide her? Has she helped at all in the process of the project? The teacher has been absent all week because she assumed that the student would function solely on using the technology …show more content…
“And this means technology will never replace the timeless need for skilled teachers capable of catching the attention of easily distracted students and engaging their minds” (“Smartphones”). Teachers cannot use the technology that schools would implement as a substitution for their usual instruction that is required of them being a teacher. However, in their defense, teacher-adjustment to technology is rather difficult when they did not grow up in the “Technology-age” themselves. “Teachers capable of catching the attention of easily distracted students are necessary, but the time period and technological advancements are making personal teacher-student relationships more difficult (“Smartphones”). As a teacher pulls away from a student engaged in technology, the student engaged in technology will pull away from the teacher mentally, physically, emotionally. In order for education to be effective, there needs to be both the social connection between teacher and student and the technological connection between student and technology. In this way, students will gain real-life experience from the knowledge of their teachers while also having an accelerated learning path through the technology they are given. Combined with the social aspects of a real-life teacher, technology can be a benefit to the student overall (Soloway). Teachers and technology can