School-Based Learning Skills

INTRODUCTION

Since the birth of human race, there are always the needs of surviving and inventing something as to ensure the survival of the species. In this 21st century, the development, inventions and technologies are things that connect the people in terms of rules and ideas of how to produce and making life worthwhile. According to Kemeny (2010), technologies are rules and ideas that direct the way goods and services are produced. This is because, when the rules and ideas are practically use, applied or develop it will result in technological innovations. With various technological innovations, our life was made simpler and making human capabilities grows beyond possibilities. People living in the first decade of the twentieth century

The terms “chalk and talk” method was no longer applied strongly because learning with technologies put learning to be fun, exciting and meaningful for the learners. One of the skills that we will use every day is reading and it is the ability to read is the main foundational skill for all school-based learning. Without the ability to read, the chances for academic and occupational success are limited (Lyon, 1997). In fact, the most pressing issue in guaranteeing students equal access to the curriculum is ensuring the learners to be able to read class materials. From research, it was widely proven that when children do not learn to read, their general knowledge and writing abilities will suffer the consequences. Satija (2002) stressed that just like gadgets with the latest application and software, reading loads the mind with new software. People or person who read will hold the opportunity to widen his mental horizons and multiply the opportunity of success in

Facing globalization especially in education, more reading is required than in the past because more and more knowledge are acquired trough reading texts. Many realize that reading is crucial, thus they were doing it in any way possible. Various research shows that by combining technologies with sound principles of literacy instructions, it can help learners to develop the skills and confidence that they need to be a successful readers. Research by Dalton and Hannafin (1988) shows that the highest achievement by students occurs when both traditional and technology-based approaches are used in ways that compliment others. In this report, the writer strongly believes that ICT or technology is not the sole practices or tools that will enable readers or learners to be a good reader. Even though, by the usage of technologies and gadgets does bring reading to a wider perspectives, but it is still less favoured by some. That is why in this report, the writer will state reasons that libraries should provide more books, rather than invest in new technology such as e-books and