Technology is a significant part of our lives, and it is continuing to tighten its grip on our daily routines. Approximately an average person spends 7 hours in front of screens. Subsequently, technology is widely used therefore, it affects many areas in our lives and one of the primary fields of this is in education.
Technology has many benefits to education including being a substitute for notebooks. Taking notes is an important part of education and with technology we can take notes virtually through a screen compared to traditional note taking on paper. When taking notes on paper it can be a struggle to take notes quickly and can cause hand aches from gripping the pen to hard however with a virtual notebook you can easily eliminate these challenges. Furthermore, technology is mainly used in education through smartboards. Teachers use smartboards in their lessons to reflect lesson material like PDF’s which makes teaching and understanding the material much quicker and easier since the teachers don’t have to worry about drawing or writing any needed information with handwriting on the whiteboards. Lastly, with the help of technology students can reach their teachers through their mobile cell phones to ask for assistance on homework or potentially urgent questions about exams and much more.
However, even though technology has many benefits on education, it also has negative effects. Moreover, despite the advantages of taking virtual notes, it can be a distraction to students. Students take virtual notes on their mobile devices, and this can lead to students gaining interest to other apps on their mobile devices, for instance playing video games rather than taking notes and listening to the lesson. İn addition, most teachers plan their lessons with the idea of using technology during their lessons such as smartboards and this can cause issues if, as an example the smartboard isn’t functioning properly.
İn conclusion, technology has many plusses and negatives when it comes to its influence on education. Technology can make the lives of students easier by finding solutions to some challenges that they face throughout their educations while creating new difficulties.
