How Technology
does influences People? “We are living in the Information Age” (Forcier, 1999), in which no one can
avoid the use of technology. There are many categories of technology, either
mass or printed media. But the most influencing media are the mass media and
the example of this are, computer, radio and television. However the printed
media are magazines, books, and newspaper. Technology is our everyday companion
along the way of our life. One of the example of this is on my teaching,
technology is very useful to me when I am searching for pictures and
definitions of a specific topic of my lesson to present for my students. Also,
for the new information that my students need to know. (Forcier, 1999) refers that,
computer is one of the most recent tool in education. Because, now a days,
technology is very easy and useful to use in terms of education. It is easy to
access with the used of internet, it is serve as the learning references of
every students for further and depth learning. This is how technology influence
me as a teacher.
As a teacher,
you must enter the classroom well prepared for the new beginning of learning,
and your students will be excited, because they know that they will learned
more and more every day. So, if a teacher are lacking for more information,
technology is the easiest way to consult, since every students are along the
way who are growing in learning it. (Catherine, 1998) says that, Technology is many things.
It is the pencil we used. It includes the eraser for the white board in our
classrooms. There are many categories of technology that serves as the tools
for teaching that write new information to every students mind and erase the
traditional or old learning that is not appropriate for the present time,
though that information is serve as the foundation of the new learning. Since,
learning is a never ending process in which every people are includes in this
process.
Not only the
teacher like me are influenced by the technology, even the students are
encountering technology in their everyday life. One of the example of this is
the online education. But this king of learning are provided for the students
who are well known about technology as (Kearsley, 2000) states that, online education is most
extensive at universities and colleges, especially at the graduate level. Like
me, I experience the partial online education in which submitting an assignment
or requirements are need of technology, but the advantages of this is, it is
useful wherever and whenever you are, you will attend a class without worries
and the quality of education is good. In the sense that all you need in the
education are provided through technologies.
But how about
the young generation that influenced by the technology? In good side, it serves
as the tool for learning and for entertainment. This is how technology are very
useful among people. One of the good side of technology is a helper and a tutor
among children who are disabled. (Forcier, 1999) states that, computer are patient
tutors and provide simulated environments in which students with mild physical
disabilities and students with learning disabilities will work. This is how
technology influenced people, even the impossible things that will happen
inside the traditional schooling will happen with the use of technology. (Forcier, 1999) refers that,
computer is a valuable tool in teaching written and spoken communication to
students to the students who are culturally and linguistically different. So,
even if a students has a disability in terms of written and speaking skills,
technology has an appropriate way to help and teach this students to become
productive in their life’s situation.
Computer is very
essential among people, especially to teachers and students. Another essential example
of this is, the gifted children may be at risk, because of boredom, lack of
challenge, lack of recognition of a sometimes unique learning style- any and
all of these factors may contribute to the talented and gifted children being
at risk of dropping out of school or of getting far less out of school that
might be possible (Forcier, 1999). This is how technology affects the
students, it gives them opportunity to learn more.
For teacher,
according to (Forcier, 1999), there is an
inscription that is carved in the stonework above the entrance to the
Instructional Technology building at Western Oregon University: “Who dares to
teach, must never cease to learn”. So if you are a teacher, you must be a
students pursuing more information and learn.
According to, (Marcinek,
2014),
Integrating technology doesn't have to
consume your life as an educator. In fact, if a little time is spent on, say,
Google Drive, teachers can eventually save time and paper, while collaborating
more effectively with students. So teaching with the integration of technology
will ease the work for teacher, also save time for paper works. Among students,
technology will motivate them to become active or participative during
discussion. Also, technology now a days is an ordinary among teacher and
students, because they encounter it in their everyday life. It is also serve as
a social experiences, since mass media like internet is an example of social
networking that gives more information among teacher and students to learn
more.
Effective technology integration helps the
teacher change teaching strategies and learning processes among his/her
students so that it become more meaningful to the learner. For teacher, he/she
will become facilitators and collaborators; and that instruction must move from
memorization to problem solving. With the use of technology, it will become
more advantages for both teacher and learner in terms of education.
Also, for
students another researcher states that, computer technology provides abundant
opportunities for students to build or modify their personal knowledge through
the rich experiences that technology affords (O'Hara & Pritchard, 2014). Indeed, technology
is very essential now in terms of education.
Based
on these statements, I can say that technology can give more opportunity among
teacher and students for deep learning. I conclude that, technology serves as a
helper for students and serves as a teacher too. But I cannot say that computer
will be act as a teacher.
I would like to
end with one statement of the author that says for teacher, we must seek the
unknown so that we can provide the information and the guidance that will allow
our students to create new knowledge and understanding (Forcier,
1999).
