Technology in Education

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Technology is a critical part of today's educational systems and both faculty members and students make use of their growing resources. Yielding significant improvements in methods and opportunities for teaching, this development has proved a fruitful investment in education. With this investment and its resulting rise in use of technology, requirements for students have risen in the past few years. Because it is easy to access important information, teachers often assign students research about assignments as opposed to giving them the information directly. Unfortunately, computing devices also provide an entire world of distractions that can greatly outweigh the productive aspects. And because of readily available social media and other electronic entertainment through these devices, students can now find comfort in the distractions of the digital world.
Because of the many benefits of adding technology in the development and execution of curriculum, as well as its greater availability, it is used much more often. Operating and software systems have been designed and developed to increase productivity, and are continuing to do so. Companies and products like Apple support a wide range of operating systems that are geared towards productivity, many of which students and teachers alike use on a daily basis. Presentation programs such as Power Point, word document readers and writes like Open Office, and others like them are all great examples of productive uses for technology that aforementioned companies are still updating to accommodate the constant improvements. Resources like these help teachers to more easily instruct students, especially with presentation programs like Power Point, and communicate necessary information. Fac...

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