Technology in Education

Technology that is made use of in the classroom is very beneficial in helping the students
understand and absorb what they are being taught.

There are many positive outcomes that technology has on students. First, it prepares them for the
future. Technology is ongoing, and its evolution has come a long way. Since technology has
become a major aspect in our lives, we can guarantee that it will continue to evolve. Exposing
students to technology at a young age, will give them a better understanding of where it’s going,
how it’s evolving, and prepare them for the future. Secondly, technology motivates children to
learn. Children can relate to technology because they are being exposed to it at home as well
when they are watching television, playing video games, or playing with their parents’ phone. They
are also being exposed to technology at school when they are playing games on the computer
while learning their vocabulary or working on math. Children find it interesting and fun because
they see it as playing a game. Lastly, technology exposes children to different learning experiences.
While using technology, children can be exposed to videos, chats, blogs, images, presentations,
web cams etc. All these things can be access thanks to technology. Technology allows children to
interact with different methods of learning and find it more interesting, than just tailoring learning
to one size fits all method. Technology does not only have positive outcomes, but it also has
negative outcomes that are linked to the education of children in the K-12 system. One of the
negative outcomes of using too much technology with students is the time spent per child and the
quality. It is believed that teachers spend less time with students. There have already been some
questions on the amount of time that a teacher spends on a student, now there are more concerns
that teachers will spend even less time with their students. This lead to believe that the quality of
the time spent per child also decreases.
Today, it seems that technology has become part of our lifestyle. We use it every day to help us
accomplish our tasks, or to get us places. One major component to this are the applications that
we download on our phone whether it’s for pleasure, work, or learning. According to Rhys
Daunic there has been a large amount of success in technological advancements over the past 10
years. Technology has been incorporated into a variety of programs that have been used in school
settings. The new Common Core State Standards refers to digital and media literacy as research
and media skills. Applications that are used in the classroom increase creativity among students
and gives skills to students that can be used for the future. According to R. Kimmons , the
researcher concluded by stating that teachers should focus on the quality of instruction that is
being taught in schools. If teachers focus more on the quality of education in schools, children
would have a better opportunity to get ahead. Another issue that technology has on children, is
the excessive amount of screen time a child is exposed to. Too much exposure to the media can
lead to cognitive problems. According to Tiffani Pittman, and Trudi Gaines, students in third grade
have the cognitive and fine-motor skills necessary to begin to use technology in sophisticated ways
and are at an age when their experiences with technology may have a lasting impact. By using
technology and having long periods of screen time a day; technology can either have a positive or
negative impact on a child in the long run. This much screen time affects their cognitive
development and sense of reality. Children and teens from the grades K-12 are still developing
their sense of reality at that age. The more things that you are exposed to by using technology can
alter one’s reality. For example, if a child spends 5 hours a day, 6 days a week watching television,
this would alter a child’s perception of the real world.

Technology has more positive than negative outcomes. It helps children learn in different forms,
it allows them to engage in different activities, and it enriches their education by allowing them
to collaborate with people from all over the globe. Technology is everywhere, and it allows us to
stay connected to one another. It serves for many purposes, and even though not everyone has
access to it, there are some actions that can be implemented to solve these problems. They can
be solved by communicating with the child’s parents and educating teachers on how to
incorporate quality time with their classroom.
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