We are living in a world of amazement and it is because of
the unbelievable progress in the field of technology. The world has changed in
the span of about two to three decades a lot and we are seeing things that we
even could not imagine in our childhood. There is everything at your
fingertips, thanks to the invention of smartphones and tablets. Getting
information has been never that easy, you do not have to dive into the piles of
books anymore, you just need take out your iPad and Google to find it out. The
most surprising thing is that iPad has almost replaced teachers in schools and
children are learning with the help of these gadgets.
I was surprised to see my niece and nephew when I saw that
they are encouraged to bring their iPad with them to the school. The teacher
comes in the class and announces take out your iPad and write a 100 to 200
words on the given topic on your tablet. Then each student’s written piece is
displayed on the hi-tech board and the whole class can read it. Even more, children
are allowed to bring their iPad in the class with an internet connection and
they are allowed to search the answers of the question from Google and then
write it. Now, the model of teaching or you can say education has completely
changed and teachers are not the one who teaches anymore, but, the learning
enabler. Students are not asked to memorize the answers, rather than they need
to think more and use their brain for the education.
But, will this mode of teaching was efficient, effective and
beneficial for the students? Well, I have some serious reservations regarding
this technique. The children of this age are already busy in using their
computer at home for hours and hours. At least in the school, they should be
forced to avoid looking at a screen and dancing their fingers on it. This way,
children will be lazy and too much addicted to these gadgets, which is not good
for their mental as well as physical health. Teachers acting as just learning
enablers rather than being a role model, a mentor or a spiritual parent, the
grooming of the children will also not be as good as it used to be in our time.
Children would be kind of indifferent with their fellows and might lack
emotions as well.
There is also a problem of keeping pupils’ identity safe and
secure on the web, which is a difficult task. They might be hunted down while
surfing for their answers on the web by a hacker and that will be harmful for
the innocent kid. The school should be held guilty for any such incident as
they are the ones encouraging this digital kind of teaching, so I would advise
and request schools to use Folder Lock for iPad
to keep the data secured in the students’ iPad. Using the technology for the
learning and educational purpose is beneficial, but, the redundancy of anything
is harmful, this is the point to remember.
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