Your Answer ▼ It is a common belief that technology in these days may harm students in several ways. However, I firmly believe that advance in technology is beneficial to students by accessing easy to various information and saving much time than the past.
For one, technological advances allow students approach a variety kinds of news or information on various topics quicker and easier than ever before. Especially, search engines like Google and Yahoo give such an easy way to access to an abundant variety of information. From my experience, I got a good mark when I researched my thesis on the Internet. Those valuable data on reliable websites really helped me and were very informative to me.
On top of that, students are able to discuss with other students regardless of time and place. They can share their opinions and ask something directly when being curious. Nowadays, they are even possible to discuss something face to face on video chatting applications like Skype. A study shows that peer-to-peer learning through online discussion has various benefits. For example, in Korea, some schools utilize this online discussion system to foster students' discussion skills by holding competitions among schools in various cities. This also impacts developing students' self- confidence.
To sum up, getting information by using technology not only provides students to accumulate more knowledge faster, but it also saves time and effort to communicate with other students by easier approaching. For these reasons, it is so clear that technology is definitely beneficial to students. |