While completing this weeks reading the second topic I found interesting was the topic of technology and education. Technology is all around us all of the time, from cell phones to TV's and of course computers. Technology is rapidly becoming more and more implemented in our daily lives not only for leisure but it also helps us learn. In schools student's are using laptops and instead of chalkboards some schools now what are called smart-boards, but the question is, is all of this technology going to help our kids? There is a huge divide between what it was like forty years ago when my parent's went to school versus what it is like now. Students now computers at home to do their school work, and when they do not have one or they have to stay after school or go to a library to complete their work, their grades can suffer. One good thing is, there can be a lot of learning done through the internet. There are countless videos out there that can help explain concepts and demonstrate how to do something to help better the child's education, not to mention online tutors that are available virtually around the clock. Not only are we using technology more in schools but kids are using it more than ever at home and in their free time, but is this bad for our children and their future? Can this behavior harm our future, or will it push the future forward?
Reference:
Berger, K. S. (2011). The Developing Person Through the Life Span. New York: Worth Publishers.
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