Should Technology Replace Educational Tools in School?

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Should Technology Replace Educational Tools in School?
Technology has spread across the world to become a major factor in day to day life. It is used for work, researching, and entertainment. Technology has already started to replace certain educational objects in schools, but its possibilities are still being held back. People worry about the possible consequences of their children being exposed to technology. However, the benefits easily outweigh the consequences when each of them can be resolved. An increase in technology in schools will improve the lives of the students and the choices they make for their future.
Technology can have a larger part in schools through computers, phones, projectors, tablets, and even smart boards. There are several types of technology and each of them can serve as several purposes. It could become a tool in education by replacing the tools schools are using now. General Music Today stated that handheld technology could be a great tool in music because it can help the students stay in beat. Technology such as phones would do this by sending vibrations through the students in the same pulses of the needed beat (Carlisle, 2014, p.5). It could be a quicker and more efficient way to do things for both the students and the teachers. The classroom wouldn't have to be replaced by technology it would only be improved by it.
Replacing objects such as books, paper, pencil, and regular boards with technology has several benefits. no longer having to use pencils in classrooms can save cost, make the class move faster because of typing, make it easier for teachers to grade papers, and it has a positive effects on the ecosystem by reducing the use of trees. Technology replacing paper and books is also ecofr...

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...tudents would still be in school with their classmates they just have a new way of doing things. Technology is also disliked because of its possible effects on eyes. People worries that looking at a computer for too long can lead to bad eyesight but kids can easily be monitored so that they only spend a certain amount of time on them. Another thing about technology that people don’t like is that they say it takes away from the teachers. This can be prevented by showing people that the technology doesn’t replace the teacher; it just gives them more ways to teach something.

Works Cited

Carlisle, K. (2014). Handheld Technology as a Supplemental Tool for Elementary General Music Education. General Music Today, 27(2), 12-17. doi:10.1177/1048371313505590

NORTON, S. (2013). TECHNOLOGY PLANNING: DESIGNING THE DIRECTION TO GET THERE. Knowledge Quest, 42(1), 64-69.

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