Technology Advancement In Education

People’s memories about childhood recall numerous images of green chalkboard, unclear handwriting from pencil and textbook made from old brown papers. While those old school stuffs still remain in some countries, particularly the poor ones, many advanced nations have replaced with modern equipment, such as digital boards substitute for chalkboards, smart devices take the place of notes and electronic books for old textbooks. With technology development and the bright future ahead of the new student’s generations, it’s likely that education is being improved in a promising way. Technology advancement plays an important role in acknowledging the experience in contemporary school life because of two reasons: modern technologies not only provide

For example, instead of conducting a presentation in traditional way by using handwriting on the board, lecturers start to use technology in order to attract more attention and excitement from students. According to Jackson (1997), 87.5% of Wright State students agreed that a presentation software PowerPoint not only helps them to maintain their retention and enjoyment during presentation but also allows them to use without any complex trouble. Furthermore, technology countenances students to receive more assistance from their tutors by providing an easy way of communication between them. Stoeber (2013) pointed out that a student can ask for helps from his teacher by using social network group on Facebook, which is included information, videos and all lessons for the students to follow. Additionally, students need to be tested their knowledge and process of their studies with the result in short time, which leads to the advent of online tests. These tests were not only useful tools for the students with numerous benefits, but also a time-saving technique for the lecturers because busy lives do not allow them to solve too many things in a certain time (‘Benefits of Using Online Assessments’ 2013). Hence, the advancement of technology contributes significantly to the interaction between

For instance, besides the fact that virtual schools has provided high-quality learning opportunity for the students who are not interested in mortar school, these schools are also very important with open educational resources to the disable students. As stated in the U.S. Department of Education, Utah Electronic High School award certificates to 18-year-old students who are studying at home, have left their old school, or are unable to graduate for specific reasons, and Leadership Public Schools have developed a free access to their information sources to meet the necessary demands from students with 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. What is more, electronic book has replaced original books to become the more effective way to read for any person, particularly for the visually impaired and the reluctant teenagers. In the ‘Book vs. e-books: The science behind the best way to read’ (Kraft 2015), the author mentioned a study in 2014 from Library and Information Science Research showed that 143 10th grade students prefer reading online, even boys and those who were not interested in reading also had strongly agree to e-books. Additionally, she revealed a 2013 study of PLOS One found that people with dyslexia read more easily when using the sound e-books compared with the