Educationa: The Fate of Education in the Hands of Technology

Administrators can listen to the needs of students and teachers with the aid of computers. Important forms are able to be posted on a school website, mainly as a portable document format. This is great for those who are unable to meet with the school administration in person or by phone. However, there seems to be some needs that cannot be fulfilled, and problems that have been created, by technology.

For students, the assignments that are being given are gradually relying on the use of a computer. It mandates them to have daily access to a computer. However, not all students are able to have access to a computer, because of parental constraints or possibly because of various other issues. Students have also been known to further compromise academic integrity by using electronic devices. There has been constant misuse of the school computers, and it has been noted that there has been cheating on tests with communicative means such as text messaging. Teachers have to bear the brunt of the students’ antics with technological breakthroughs.

Teachers can have difficulty with what they are using to teach and grade students. Some teachers require further education in order to use the advanced equipment in order to teach certain materials, such as projectors and server networks. Teachers who are more used to grading by hand are unable to adjust to the new system incorporated by computers. Some teachers have difficult in utilizing the equipment, while others completely refuse using the said equipment, even if some aspect of their job requires its use. Administrators have to control the behavior of the students and teachers in order to have them cooperate with their protocols.

Administrators have to pay a lot of money for the technology. Some schools are unable to afford the required equipment, and by the time they gather enough funds for it, it is replaced with the same thing, but with various improvements and variations. If there is a problem with the equipment, a school day (approximately .555% of a school day) can be possible compromised due to the inability to maintain a roll call or grade a test. All in all, it is still controversial as to the fate of education.

Is technology really a boon, or a burden, to us? It is really difficult to tell. Moderation may be the key. Heavy reliance on technology may make it run efficiently in the short run, but can falter and hinder progress due to technological glitches, computer viruses, and various other problems. Minimal reliance on technology is becoming difficult because education is gradually requiring the use of some elements of technology. It is also on the attitude of the students. Students can be blessed with all the technological gains but will achieve nothing if they do not actually take time to study and understand the materials given to them. And viruses and glitches can create hysteria and cause resentment of progress. However, soon problems will be fixed, and the academic realm will reap the benefits of such technological breakthroughs.