New Technology Simplifies School
Stephanie Scalise
Issue date: 4/29/09 Section: Opinion
Students have come a long way from scribbling on scrolls to typing on keyboards. Technology continues to enhance students' education through production, enhancement of visuals, and research methods.
Just a generation earlier, dissertations and essays were typed on a typewriter, and if a mistake was made, pages had to be started over. Today, students can type up papers and re-edit them without printing a single page.
"I think the last time I actually hand-wrote a paper was in the fourth grade," said History major Kyle Shanks. The practicality and inexpensiveness of laptops (laptops can be found as low as $299 on microcenter.com) have made finishing papers and other assignments more efficient.
"My favorite electronic is my laptop because it helps with my writing," said Ian Hazdovac, a Theatre Arts and Religious Studies major.
Technology has made a significant difference in the classroom. At NDNU, most classrooms have DVD players, and computers connected to the internet.
According to History and Political Science Major Natalie Boosten, education is enhanced by the fact that teachers can look up primary sources or visuals in the middle of class and help students come full circle on certain issues.
"The use of powerpoints also make lectures more efficient because then teachers don't have to spend time writing on the board and can pay attention to the students," said Hazdovac. While all of this technology is helpful to education, it can be a setback if it is not updated properly.
It makes it hard to grow," said Alex Lazo, a Political Science and English major, referring to difficulties accessing audio and visual streams because NDNU's internet doesn't have the bandwidth to support all of the activity.
Technology has opened its doors to research department, making it convenient for students to access resources from their dorm rooms. The internet is not a new research tool, but it has expanded. NDNU has a set of online databases for students to use on campus, but this isn't always necessarily a good thing.
"Internet sources are so at hand that students aren't as familiar with knowing how to research using books and library catalogs," said Boosten.
Having technology in the classroom helps familiarize them with everyday technology, thus, allowing students to learn them first hand. Online tools like Moodle help them stay connected to the classrooms and spark discussion, and encourage more interaction.
"I find all the new technology easy to use," said Hazdovac. According to a study conducted by the Department of Education, Technology Impact of Learning, technology has allowed for more efficiency in learning and allows for more activities in the classroom to be hands on.
Technology in the classroom has changed from the dusty chalkboards to classes held via online forums. It has helped students finish their work faster and has given them more at-hand information.
Just a generation earlier, dissertations and essays were typed on a typewriter, and if a mistake was made, pages had to be started over. Today, students can type up papers and re-edit them without printing a single page.
"I think the last time I actually hand-wrote a paper was in the fourth grade," said History major Kyle Shanks. The practicality and inexpensiveness of laptops (laptops can be found as low as $299 on microcenter.com) have made finishing papers and other assignments more efficient.
"My favorite electronic is my laptop because it helps with my writing," said Ian Hazdovac, a Theatre Arts and Religious Studies major.
Technology has made a significant difference in the classroom. At NDNU, most classrooms have DVD players, and computers connected to the internet.
According to History and Political Science Major Natalie Boosten, education is enhanced by the fact that teachers can look up primary sources or visuals in the middle of class and help students come full circle on certain issues.
"The use of powerpoints also make lectures more efficient because then teachers don't have to spend time writing on the board and can pay attention to the students," said Hazdovac. While all of this technology is helpful to education, it can be a setback if it is not updated properly.
It makes it hard to grow," said Alex Lazo, a Political Science and English major, referring to difficulties accessing audio and visual streams because NDNU's internet doesn't have the bandwidth to support all of the activity.
Technology has opened its doors to research department, making it convenient for students to access resources from their dorm rooms. The internet is not a new research tool, but it has expanded. NDNU has a set of online databases for students to use on campus, but this isn't always necessarily a good thing.
"Internet sources are so at hand that students aren't as familiar with knowing how to research using books and library catalogs," said Boosten.
Having technology in the classroom helps familiarize them with everyday technology, thus, allowing students to learn them first hand. Online tools like Moodle help them stay connected to the classrooms and spark discussion, and encourage more interaction.
"I find all the new technology easy to use," said Hazdovac. According to a study conducted by the Department of Education, Technology Impact of Learning, technology has allowed for more efficiency in learning and allows for more activities in the classroom to be hands on.
Technology in the classroom has changed from the dusty chalkboards to classes held via online forums. It has helped students finish their work faster and has given them more at-hand information.
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New technologies are created to simplify the unconveniences.
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