The Importance Of Technology

Technology has been around for decades and has been improving and developing ever since. Currently, the school board is debating whether or not the students and the staff should participate in “Shut Down Your Screen Week.” This is a national movement where nobody may use any electronic media for an entire week. In our generation now, modern technology is simplifying our lives to make it easier and better. This is the reason why it is almost everywhere. It is in homes, in our work, and in our schools. Although some individuals might argue that too much technology is bad for us, we should not participate in “Shut Down Your Screen Week,” because technology is able to help children become more interested in learning, can improve student’s skills, and it can also make work for teachers easier.

There is a constant stream of technology in every direction. Everyday life revolves around technology, which has generously influenced today’s generation in many positive and negative ways. Students have the world at their fingertips. Anything can be found with a swipe of a finger or a click of a button. They want the newest phones, tablets, laptops, and other gadgets, while parents struggle to keep their children’s attention. Students cannot go a minute without their phones, let alone a week. Therefore, many schools plan to participate in “Shut Down Your Screen Week,” which is a week where students would unplug from technology. Bayless High School should not enforce the national “Shut Down Your Screen Week” because technology allow students to interact with others easily, to gather information quicker, and to help increase brain activity for users.

Today’s society is more affected by technology than it ever has been and it is changing every second of every day. Advancements in technology have been changing our culture and society for hundreds of years; from hunters and gatherers to information overload to a future of the most advanced technologies we could imagine. These fast advancements in technology quickly change our society. This statement was greatly expanded upon by three people: Gerhard Lenski, Leslie White, and Alvin Toffler

Many of our students have smartphones, laptops, and tablets they use throughout the school day for school work. While some students depend on their devices to look up the current fashion trends and football stats, we feel that technology has also enabled students to think in a different way. Many students are quick on their feet to Google information to prove their friend wrong, send texts and emails in less than 10 seconds, and get excited when they are allowed to use their

Technology can affect children the most. Technology distracts students and doesn’t give them a chance to think on their own. Our school should be part of the National Shut Down Your Screen Week because it can encourage students to think on their own, keep them focused, and give them a chance a to experience life without technology. If our school participates in the National Shut Down Your Screen Week it will encourage us to think on our own.

Technology has always been a human fascination, from the way it promotes rapid communication to the simple fact that it entertains, and connects people worldwide. As more and more technology-based education systems are being set up in classrooms, we have seen an era when smartphones overpower people, interpersonal communicaiton, and even minds. Personally, after reading these articles, I feel more compelled to quit the use of technology, whether it be the smartphone, laptops, or tablets, in a classroom setting. As the West Point Academy study showed, students tended to score better when any use of technological device was strictly banned. Further demonstrating that technology is a burden on effective learning, the Ereader study made me become aware that the mind is stimulated through actions,

Everyone uses technology, whether its going on your phone to go on Instagram, on your computer to do research, or even just to watch TV. But, do we use it too much? My school should participate in the national “Shut Down Your Screen Week” since avoiding technology can make you more focused and precise.

If we remove technology from schools, we would see students paying more attention to the teachers and better grades due to a lack of distraction. It is bad, yet it is also very good. In one part of the class, kids will be playing games on their Surfaces or doing stuff on their phones. Therefore, smartphones, texting, video games, iPads, Facebook, Web surfing and television do get me distracted and interrupt my learning. The rest of the class will usually be doing the work they’re supposed to do. But in reality, technology, whether it be a text, assignment, or game can be very distracting and attention-span

Electronics are believed to interfere with learning. Jose Antonio Bowen states in his article, “NO: Classrooms Must Be a Place of Focus and Mental Stillness,” that instead of improving education, technology “doesn’t solve the problem, it only brings it into the classroom.” However, these problems could be prevented if students were given restrictions while still having the ability to find different and unique ways to boost their knowledge. In “YES: New Tools Let Students Learn More, and More Deeply,” Lisa Nielsen explains that just because they have access to electronic devices does not necessarily mean that they are doing something other than texting or cheating, and that teachers are monitoring their students at the best of their ability.

To begin, technology can be used as a productive tool, but sometimes at school, this tool can become a huge distraction. In fact, "A study published in the Journal of Media Education this week reported that student spends a fifth of their time in class doing things on their devices that have nothing to do with their school work" (Schaffhauser). Technology has the power to distract students when learning and eventually makes students forget everything they did learn. When teachers hand students technology, school work is not always what you see on the screen. Due to this distraction, scores on tests have been going down, "The paper published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

So, why do we want to bring technology into the classrooms if it is expensive, harms the students health mentally and physically, it’s not helping them, and students stop learning proper handwriting? However, this can be stopped! Parents, who are in charge of their students, should gain more knowledge about this and challenge the school board. Parents should also tell others, start a petition against technology in classrooms and they should not only want safety for their children but also for every else’s kids. Their children are going to be the next generation of obesity, health problems and learning challenges if the schools are allowing more and more technology in the classrooms, which parents should be concerned

Technology during school. Is it distracting or is it helpful? Kids looking at the screen, and teachers not knowing what is truly going on. Fifteen percent of the students in each class are playing games or on other irrelevant sites when they are supposed to be taking notes or completing an assignment. On the other hand, the other 85 percent of the students in each class get their work done much quicker and easier on a school laptop. A school laptop can be useful in many ways, but teachers should still stay aware of what their students are doing.

Technology in our generation became an impact in benefiting in people's lives. Phones, cameras, computers, tablets, and other inventions are the innumerable resources needed in today's classrooms, work places, and on your own accord. Ever since the late 1870's, technology has brought early success and livelihood into our homes, schools, jobs, transportation, and entertainment. Most critics agree with this observation, although several believe it hindrances people's lives. Technology is ineffective in various ways more superior than substandard; countless inventions are made each year to promote businesses, enhance education, and provide entertainment among buyers.

Benjamin Herold, a news reporter on educational technology issues, states that “public schools in the United States now provide at least one computer for every five students. They spend more than $3 billion per year on digital content” (Herold). However, is all this money being placed into education systems really beneficial to the students? Today, individuals have access to an entirely new world that earlier generations did not have the luxury of. It is a privilege, but it is a privilege that is being abused. Instead, of doing research in class or typing a paper that is due the next day, students often find themselves attached to a bright screen, whether it be a smartphone, tablet, or computer, and not on task. It is a distraction in the classroom when pupils would rather be texting, playing online games, or on social media. Today's educational systems are incorporating technology into all aspects of learning in order to provide students with the opportunity to learn online as much as possible. Educators think it will benefit them for the future. However, students’ creative juices do not flow properly when they are absorbed in a screen that is telling them what to say and write instead of making them think on their own. The capability for pupils to concentrate in school is decreasing dramatically because they would rather be engulfed in these technological monsters than reading a book in English class. Students of all ages are losing the ability to concentrate and to

Ever since I was born, technology has grown exponentially from everything like the internet to smartphone to virtual reality. Part of the reason why it existed is to ease people in their daily lives and I had taken a great interest in this field. As the curiosity dwells in my mind about what is the next technology breakthrough, it made me realize that this is what I want to pursue in my future career. My research about modern technology, however, was not always positive; according to statistics, as more advanced technologies are created fewer jobs for humans are necessary. Sometimes I wonder if the technology does more harm than good to humanity, yet this strange sense of familiarity, of warmth, that I experienced these past few years will never falter and beckoned me to spread this feeling to everyone else.