Technology and Education

TECHNOLOGY HAS, INDEED, changed the complexion of education in the last ten years. As transmission of information or knowledge is an essential aspect of education, the invention of computer and internet technology, for instance, has made teaching and imparting knowledge somehow easier and more efficient.

            In the basic and higher education alike, computer technology has been bringing about modern and creative approaches in conveying knowledge. Elementary students today can find learning as entertainment through Video Presentations via DVD technology, projector, etc. Students in all levels can now consider studying to be fun through technologies such as Interactive Whiteboards, Proximas, PowerPoint games, interactive DVDs, and other softwares. Internet sites like Wikipedia, Microsoft Encarta on-line, and various academic blog sites—through which viewers can easily find information about almost anything—had become comfortably accessible to teachers and students alike. (It is with this easy access to huge blocks of information that the popular motto, “one-click-away” emerged.)

            Through technologies such as cellphone, internet chatting, e-mails, and social network sites (e.g Facebook), interaction between teacher and students, and among classmates, is no longer limited inside the classroom, and can now be done almost anytime and anywhere. Some professors even post their lectures to academic blog sites like www.OurHappySchool.com through which their students can access them anytime and anywhere. Through blogsites, students can also react on the lectures by posting there their comments or answers to guide questions.

            Apparently, technology has also contributed in the proliferation of education, especially in the tertiary and post-graduate level. Through the internet-based program known as the “Online education” (or distance learning), students do not have to be physically present in the classroom in order to earn a degree. Technology therefore has provided educational opportunities for people with hectic schedules or those living in areas very far from universities.

           Therefore, through technological innovations that have become the trademark of this era, more and more people are getting the opportunity to be empowered and equipped to become successful, as modern day technology, in some aspects, has leveled the so-called playing field.

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