How technology has changed education

Education as we know has always been traditional. We wake up, get ready for school, eat a nice breakfast and be on our way to school rather a school bus or metro. We take traditional classes and learn things the way people have been learning as far as history will allow. There is a new attraction to learning and it has much to do with the use of Social Networking and technology all together.

There is a school who allows the class to take breaks in class. They are not normal breaks. They are text breaks, where the students take five minutes out of there day to stimulate their mind, or at least its supposed to stimulate the student. The article talks about the downs of how technology has implemented its ways into all young  people's mind. They stop us from learning the things we need in life, like communication skills and other life skills.

"The downside of such immersion in technological devices, he said, is that they’re not having conversations, looking people in the eye, or noticing verbal cues. “These are important ‘technologies,’ so to speak, that have evolved over centuries and are tremendously powerful."

 The other article I read talked about the use of technology for at risk students. They use a program called Project K-Nect. These student do not normally do homework out a book. They use smart phones to do all or most of their work. They download apps and work on work:Algebra I. Other people use these apps and they communicate with other schools by sending S.O.S's. These are alerts for other schools that need help. People respond within minutes. The program works in some aspects because they enroll in AP classes.

“The majority of the students we started with in 2007-2008 school year went on to take an AP Calculus course or are currently enrolled in AP Statistics.”

In my opinion I believe in working hard and with that your goal should not be any harder than you did while working, Technology should be kept separate and education should be a different aspect because technology could be a huge distraction.