Can the advancement in Technology always be good?

With the advancement of technology people have been able to obtain a tremendous amount of information with the touch of their hands. We can say that the Internet and other advancements have brought information in a relatively fast manner. People seem to be more knowledgeable due to the Internet and the many different types of information that it provides. In a way we can see that technology can be seen as a good venue for education and it provides up to date information in whatever topic we need to find. But one question that I ask myself in the midst of all these advancements is if technology advancements can always be thought of as good for education. What I mean is that because of all the information that we obtain readily through the Internet students might try to depend more on the machines than on their own knowledge. Students nowadays might think why memorize this or study this if I can find it online.

I think that although the advancements in technology bring so many positive aspects to education we must be aware on how we need to use technology for the advancement of education. We must also be aware that the information out there may not always be correct. An example of this is wikipedia. When you are searching for a topic or need to find answers many people use wikipedia to start their search. We must be aware though that anyone can add a topic to wikipedia. There are no restrictions on who can add information to this website. Wikipedia can have the right facts but it also has information that can be made up by some random person. We must be careful to what information and which websites we can trust and follow.

Referring back to technology, as I stated before it has many positive aspects but at the same time it can also make a person lazy and although it can motivate some to learn, it can also discourage others from learning. I think this is where is the educator plays a major role. Children can take up so much unnecessary information and be distracted by it. Educators need to guide students to use the technology that we have in the right path. To do these educators must be in constant training to the technology that is out there. Educators are not done learning, they must always keep learning themselves in order to guide and train students to use the resources provided to them to benefit their learning.