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Is Technology Worth It

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Is Technology Use In Class Really Worth It?

Technology use is very common in most people’s everyday lives because of what society and innovation has brought this generation to become, when it comes to ways of communicating with others, all the way down to getting a job done. So of course these past few years school districts have decided to put technology to use in their classrooms by providing chromebooks for students and so on, but the real question is , is it worth it ? I do not believe so. Although pros and cons exist in all, I believe the classroom environment would be better off without the use of technology. Although the use of technology in classrooms does not mean that teachers, rather than have a lecture with their students will simply tell the students what it is they need to do online and then let’s say, proceed to complete an assignment online also, it is what many teachers have taken …show more content…

The network span of Wi-Fi is shared throughout school districts, this includes being used for all the chromebooks, teachers computers, technology in the office, all of these are self reliant on the Wi-Fi. This is where the lagging begins , power outages and problems with Wi-Fi connections easily affect students in being able to complete their tasks. Instead of storing most of the students work online, students should be taught that being organized is an aspect of responsibility instead of giving them the easy way out and having technology store “such and such” for them. Besides there being possible interruption of students tasks, there is also an easier chance for the students to be distracted and possibly cheat. Plenty of websites are blocked on school campus’s but not all. It is almost far from possible to be able to keep some students from roaming the Internet rather than completing their tasks and monitoring all of them at the same

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