Computers In Education
I have chosen to discuss computers in education as my educational
issue, as I feel that they play a major role in the way teaching &
learning has evolved in the last ten years. Education has been
changing so much in the last few years with the introduction to the
computers both in the classroom and at home, that students are no
longer expected to write papers but type them up; Papers are no longer
expected to be just writing but integrated with pictures and graphs;
Projects have also changed from who can learn the most to that can
make it look good.
Computers have revolutionized education, but not without a cost. The
cost is the quality of education some students receive. Computers take
time students would normally use reading and researching so that they
can make their project or paper more attractive. Time is taken away
because teachers have not looked upon quality lately, and teachers
don’t grade harshly if it looks good. Papers have such a high
expectation of visibility and a low expectation of quality these days.
This theory has been tested by both students and experts and has been
found to be true. The same paper in a different form with more
pictures and charts will get a significantly better grade then one of
just writing. They have
also found that the same paper when written, as opposed to typed, will
receive a significantly lower grade then the one done on the computer.
This shows the paradigm shift that has taken place over the years from
quality to computerization. If a medium could be reached where
students put as much time and effort into the contents of their work
as they did into the look of their work it could easily be said that
education is better today then before. Until the student takes it upon
his/her self to improve quality or until the teacher comes to grade on
quality things will only be about who can make it look the best. Any
student will learn at a very early age that it is important to learn