Republic of the Philippines

Davao Oriental State College of Science and Technology

INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION AND TEACHER TRAINING
Guang-guang, Dahican, City of Mati, Davao Oriental, 8200

Name: Jason Ruelan Section: BSED-English 1

Beyond Perspective

A great man once said. “Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids
working together and motivating them, the teacher is most important.”- Bill Gates.
Indeed, technology and it's uses creates big impact in our day to day living. But
professionals and significant persons are more valuable because they are the ones who
drive the society and everythings in it.

ICT is widespread and essential to play a meaningful role in changing and

modernizing educational systems as well as the way of learning. It is part of many
aspects of our daily lives.

As mentioned by Rodrigues (2002) “effective learning happens when students are

interactively engaged in a learning task.” Learning using ICT is more than learning
through memorization. It allows the learners to experience their learning processes,
being interactive, enjoy and have fun with technology. These only means that
technologies just like laptops, computers and cellphones are essential in
communication.

However, there are negative effects of this modernization. As mentioned by Hodas

(2006) the school community will reject the proposed technology if there is a
mismatch between the introduced technology with the school value. There are still
areas in this world that can't afford this type of modernization because of some
problems and circumstances that a place faces.

Further, having these technologies have side effects that a student or a user might
affect his behavior and health as well. In the rural areas, the students will access the
internet for other things, for example, facebook, MSN, Yahoo, Twitter and others.
While the lecturer having the lesson in front, they will not pay more attention to the
lecturer. Students, feel lazy to attend the class if they can easily get the study material
from the web. It will change their behavior to become more irresponsible.

Furthermore, the students sitting in front of the computer for a long time may cause
health problem. Health problem such as stress and eyes strain can affect a student in
their education.

In conclusion, people are divided into two different perspectives regarding this issue.
Some people believe that technology will enhance student’s knowledge, whereas,
other authorities are struggling to provide technology in the classroom. But, it is more
likely important if use these technologies in right ways of communication and
interaction to people.
Reference/s:
Hodas, S. (1993). Technology refusal and the organizational culture of schools.
Education Policy Analysis Archives, 1 (1), 1-23.

Rodrigues, S. (2002). Opportunistic challenges. Teaching and learning with ICT.

New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316924509_ICT_IN_EDUCATION_ITS_B
ENEFITS_DIFFICULTIES_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT_ISSUE
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