Driving Question: What is the impact of technology on education and on us?
Technology as a whole has positively impacted education overall, whilst some might say laptops and similar devices may distract the student their benefits of providing so much raw information and the ease of access cannot be overshadowed. Events recently taken place such as COVID-19 highlights the growing reliance and necessity that education as a whole has on technology as whilst a whole 1.2 billion children where out of school (World Economic Forum) schooling continued with classes moving online with the assistance of programs such as zoom and others allowing continued communication between staff and students during the trying times.
there is as with all things the looming threat that technology could go too far and that technology could have a negative effect but it is important that to prevent this, we continually support teachers and aspiring teachers like myself, so that we can teach these children how to properly use the technology as well as the information the technology provides to them. When the World Economic Forum talks about the importance of teachers to establish a positive environment for students to cultivate the knowledge that technology provides they state "To get the full benefit of online learning, there needs to be a concerted effort to provide this structure" (World Economic Forum).
technology also offers new perspective and approaches for teachers to provide education, fun slideshows and interactive games are just two of the countless ways we can convey education and information to the students, as teachers this will make our profession incredibly more enjoyable and allows us to personalize the information for the students like never before.
Reference: World Economic Forum. (2020). The COVID-19 pandemic has changed education forever. This is how. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/04/coronavirus-education-global-covid19-online-digital-learning/