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LEARNING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY?

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- Ammar Quraishi M

Technology can be used to improve teaching and learning in a huge way. Technology can assist or in fact lesser the burden on teachers. Instead of the teacher being the only source of help in a classroom, students can access web sites, online tutorials, and more to assist them. Education doesn’t stop at the end of the school day because students have access to teachers, resources, and assignments via the web and access these resources at any time. Students can also get help and tutoring at any time, whether from the teacher via email or online collaboration, or from a help web site. It will also help students in creating a better future because they will be exposed to the digital world at an early period.

Integrating technology in education everyday helps students stay engaged. Today’s students love technology so they are interested in learning because they are using the tools they love.  Student can have access to digital textbooks which are constantly updated and often more helpful, creative, and a lot cheaper than those old heavy books. The students do not have to carry books in heavy bags so they are relaxed and it does not tire their body.

Students prefer technology because they believe that it makes learning more interesting and fun. They especially like laptops and tablets. Subjects that students feel challenging or boring can become more interesting with virtual lessons, through a video, or when using a tablet. Tablet can be linked to computers, projectors and the cloud so that students and instructors can communicate through text, drawings and diagrams. 

Thus, technology acts as a medium in understanding and learning.

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- Harsh Kumar

Technology cannot be used in the learning sector because it makes the students lazy as they sit in front of their laptops or tablets and learn, it  makes them effortless as they do not find any interest in going to the library and referring new books as they easily find the information in the internet, are unapproachable to teachers as they learn everything in the internet some of them without understanding the meaning of the particular topic, it also damage their eyes and may be infected with eye diseases such as glaucoma as they strain their eyes continuously watching their laptops or tablets.

Technology changes the way children think it alters the actual writing of the brain. The time spent with technology doesn’t just give kids new ways of doing things, it changes the way their brains work. The entertainment of mobile devices distracts nearly every student in the classroom whether texting, playing games, or surfing the net. While the students write a particular topic in their notebooks using pen or pencil makes them to understand the particular topic in an effective way which is not provided by the technology sector.

Using of technology also affects the physical strength of the students as they indulge in their laptops or tablets during their activity period in school and colleges. It also affects the relationship between the students as they do not socialize with each other and try to be alone every time. Technology can foster more cheating in class and on assignments. Learning through technology can also can put down the quality of research and sources the students find may not be at its best. Many students cannot afford technological learning as it is costly.

Thus, technological learning can be used to a certain extent only.