Technology Usage in School Corporations

School systems all over the world are turning to technology more and more, this can be considered a good and bad idea. Six different people have given their opinion and input on the use of technology in schools and how it is effecting us as a nation. Technology usage in schools has students expand their knowledge of electronics and even of what our future will consume of technology wise; but technology is a big distraction and too much usage can be harmful on the human body.

Schools all over the country and world wide are approaching their school years in different ways by “issuing iBooks instead of textbooks” (Source A). By providing electronics to classrooms schools are “getting students more engaged in learning” (Source A). While providing more use of technology may help students, what about the schools who do not have the money to purchase such electronics for their students? These schools might not even have textbooks due to “a funding crisis” (Source A). If current schools who have the money to provide electronics to their students would donate just some of the money used to upgrade their computers or smartboards, other schools not only in our country but in other countries too, could help their students get the proper education they need and teachers would have better teaching skills; society would move up as well. Schools would not only be sharing the use of technology but they would be sharing an education also.

The use of technology has a great effect on communication and interacting; students do not know how to have a mature conversation because they are used to typing or texting others. Some school systems have personal digital assistants (PDAs) to use in classes, these gadgets “let students answer questions in class...

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... C); like foods made of high fructose corn syrup and other processed sugars, technology is not good for the human body and brain. When eating foods consumed of processed sugars one might feel exhausted, slower than usual, or more tired, one might notice these same symptoms when watching too much television, playing video games for extended amount of times, or being on the computer for too long; electronics “may seriously mess up children’s informational metabolism - their ability to process information for themselves” (Source C).

Technology can be a very useful and good product if used appropriately and when needed, but too much usage is not good for anyone. School systems can benefit abundantly from providing technology to students but those products should only be used when necessary, after all that is what our future is going to be, a technology enriched world.