The Progressive School Vol 02 Issue 04

mind and personality such as intellectual
development, emotional development,
social development, moral development
and aesthetic development.
One of the key benefits of learning
outside is that you have the most amazingly
well resourced stock cupboard you could
hope for – and a lot of it is free. No matter
how tight your school’s budget, so long as
you have a good imagination, you’ll be
able to develop free, meaningful learning
opportunities for your children that will
stick with them.
Technology in education
Education has been greatly advanced by
the technological advances of computers.
Students are able to learn on a global scale
without ever leaving their classrooms. But,
the impact of technology in modern life
is unmeasurable, we use technology in
different ways and sometimes the way we
implement various technologies do more
damage than good.
Here are few advantages of technology
in education:
1. Easier for Education: In the working
world, in nearly every job you may
take, you have to know how to operate
a computer. Teaching this skill to
children early will give them an
advantage.
2. Wider approach to society: Before
the internet, children knew what their
family taught them. This caused their
political and religious views to be
the only ones that the children knew.
Having access to the technology will
expose them to things outside of their
parents interests and help them to
form their own opinions
3. Sea of information: Virtual classes
are delivered at many schools.
E-learning is making inroads in
education. Students make use of
internet technology to download
important study materials in the form
of text, audio and videos.
4. Brings some fun into the
classroom: Learning the same exact
way from the same person every day
can really get boring. This boredom
turns into a lack of motivation in
the students. When they are able to
integrate computer learning into their
normal schedule, they become much
more excited to learn. Use of AR and
VR can further keep them engaged.
But, there is a flip side too. Here are
the major shortfalls of technology in
education:
1. Huge reservoir of wrong or
harmful information: Getting
access to inappropriate information is
a big challenge. Parents
need to see what their
kids are accessing.
2. Wastage of time:
Some children waste
immense time and
energy in doing nonproductive
activities.
Some of them get
addicted to internet
activities such as
browsing, gaming, etc.,
and waste time and
energy.
3. Distraction:
Attentiveness drops
drastically when
students have their
cell phones or other
technologies near them.
But, technology is
a powerful contributor
to learning if it is used
to deepen students’
engagement in meaningful
and intellectually authentic
curriculum. Technology
can be used to restructure
and redesign the classroom
to produce an environment
that promotes the
development of higherorder
thinking skills.
26 THE PROGRESSIVE SCHOOL JUL-AUG-SEP 2018
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