Instead of going to you school or local library for a research paper, you can search it on the intenet. Nowadays school libraries aren't as updated as they should be, so the internet is a better resource since its updated 24/7. Things such as digital encyclopedias, online books for summer reading, class notes, homework, and your grade updates. Technology has changed the way students learn in a classroom.
There's educational games that you can download to improve your child's thinking and learning process. These educational games are even homework given by teachers to help students that need extra practice with a certain objective. Even as a high school student I was given an educational game site to improve my grade in a certain class that I almost failed.
When schools in different parts of the state, country or world connect, students can meet their counterparts by video conferencing without leaving the classrom. Students can even learn a new language by getting a group of students and pairing them with a teacher from another country.
In the past, students could take distance or continuing education classes, also called "correspondence courses," at community colleges and universities. After enrolling in a course of this style, a student would receive course documents in the mail and would be required to mail assignments to his teacher at the educational institution. The process could be long and complicated. Thanks to technology, continuing education students can take courses over the Internet at their convenience.
William McCoy, Demand Media, wrote an article on the postive effects of technology and noticed that not every school has the resources and budget to send its students on field trips related to the course of study. When this is the case, the students' education can suffer. But thanks to technology, students can use the Internet to virtually attend Web seminars put on by museums and other educational institutions. NASA, for instance, offers a program that allows students to talk to astronauts in space.
Source: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/five-positive-effects-technology-education-31222.html
I completely agree that technology has a positive influence on education. I do believe that technology is good especially if it is long distance, you could then use the internet to learn.
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