The Benefits of Technology Implementation in Education
Basically,
technology is created to ease humans’ work. Nowadays technology has
become the primary needs of humans. Even technology has been used in all
aspects of human life, such as in the fields of medicine,
communications, military, transportation and education. From those
various fields, the implementation of technology in education is still
very limited. In reality, the implementation of technology is more
widely used in the field of entertainment. This utilization will
actually cause a lot of problems such as abuse and harm to the health.
Nevertheless, if implemented in education, technology can assist and
accelerate educational purposes. Here are some advantages of the
application of technology in education.
Technology can help teachers teach
It
can be a tool for teachers to convey their teaching materials to
students. With the use of technology in the learning process, teachers
can deliver course material with very easy and effective. Teachers who
teach using the technology will usually be easier to achieve their
learning goals.
Technology will spark teachers’ creativity
It
can create creativity sense of teachers. They can be more creative in
creating teaching methods. With it, they will be encouraged to be
creative because the technology is just a tool that requires a person to
operate it. Without teachers, it cannot affect in education optimally.
Technology helps students learn
Implementation
of technology in teaching and learning will make students more
interested in following lessons. If students are interested in what the
teacher taught, it is not necessary to ask students to be serious in
learning because students will be active automatically and will not feel
the boredom due to learning.
Technology can create exciting learning activities
With
the technology teachers can create exciting learning atmosphere. It is
very good to trigger the students’ understanding in learning so that
they will understand quickly what is conveyed by the teacher. In
addition, the students also will not feel bored because they would love
to learn with learning methods that is interesting.
Make students easy to find source of learning
Technology
information especially internet, provides a wide range of learning
resources that can be accessed by students anytime and anywhere. They
can get all the references that they need for free. The more they
learned from different sources, the smarter students will be.
Technology can raise school standards
Schools
which are using technology in the teaching process will improve their
quality. The school will be favorite school and become a destination for
students to study at the school.
Technology makes students have wide insight
Students
who use the technology properly will have extensive knowledge. They can
get the latest information or the development of the world quickly.
Even they can be active in the international forums of communication
that can train them to be proactive students.
Based
on the discussion above, it can be concluded that the technology is
very useful in education world especially good for teachers, students
and schools. Therefore education practitioners should use technology in
education.
