Education has changed a lot through time, and we can notice that from way students nowadays are dealing with teachers, books, and knowledge. Education has developed greatly and has affected many learners positively and negatively. Nowadays education has changed because of the integration of technology in all aspects of teaching and learning a language.
Long before education had great focus on using books to enhance learning; nowadays accompanied with books technology is an important feature that is integrated in language teaching and learning. Technology is very helpful for both the teachers and the students and it facilitates the learning process and encourages students to work more and be interested in what they are learning. But technology is not used appropriately by the teachers and students, that's why we can't notice the great positive influence of it. Students think that technology is a way to spend time in class or home, and that they can't use it to learn anything, that goes back to the misconceptions that many teachers create in students' minds about technology, and to the ineffective ways of using technology.
In my opinion, technology is very important to be implemented in the classroom and used by the students and the teacher, but after the teachers have mastered the beneficial use of it and after teaching student about the importance of integrating technology in learning because if the students are not convinced in the use of technology then they won't be willing to use it for their own benefit. Moreover, I'm a teacher that supports the continual use of books at schools and to never be substituted by tablets or any technological device because books are proven to be much more better than technological devices in improving student's thinking processes and skills.
Personally, I wouldn't like books to be replaced by tablets. I just enjoy reading more off books and as research has proved, readers process information more deeply when reading in print rather than reading off screens. But I would like tablets to be used in classes because we live in a world of technology. However, what we are missing is proper training for teachers that equips them with the skills required to implement the use of technology. Students should also be taught how to use technology appropriately and be aware of its positive effects.
ReplyDeleteWe are living in online world; technology and internet are everywhere and at any home. But in my opinion they are not effective as much as the books, we cannot substitute books with technological devices, instead we should teach our students how to deal with this technology and how to use it in an effective way. Parents play an important role, where they should observe and have some control on their children, and cooperate with the school and teachers to be sure that the children are using technology appropriately and be aware of its negative effects. Books are more effective in improving students’ skills and thinking processes.
ReplyDeleteOf course Zainab ,we can't come to delete all the technology from our lives because it is a vital part and inevitable .The books are losing their value unfortunately and this comes to many reasons such as :
ReplyDelete1. The Internet and technology offer faster, quicker and more efficient tools to share and spread information around the world.
2.The Internet’s speed is very attractive to many people and it allows room for multitasking.
3. People can read multiple books online for free, instead of buying books one at a time.