Technology Cannot Replace Human Interaction in Public School System
Technology Cannot Replace Human Interaction In our Public School System.
Carolyn Mapp
SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility
Instructor: Thomas Reeder
December 3, 2012
Global technological learning is restructuring and reorganizing the interacting communication skills between teachers and students. The extreme advancement of technology is causing teaching techniques to move away from the face-to-face relationship to a broader student-directed computerized system. Machines such as computers and digital software knowledge sever the human intimacy connection. This duel union between teacher and student fosters communication skills, mutual understanding, and a sense of compassion. Both student and teacher form a bond through the relationship when entering into a school environment. For the same reason, technology is at the forefront of our nation. Our children need to learn appropriate technological knowledge from skillfully trained teachers who facilitate guidance, spark creative potential and foster self-directed learning. Children have become technological wizards by using various computerized and digital communicators outside of the classroom. “According to recent surveys by the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project, 95 percent of all teens (ages 12–17) use the Internet on a regular basis, 80 percent of them use social networking sites, and 75 percent have cell phones. With these numbers growing steadily, Internet and cell phone access by young people in their lives outside of school is rapidly approaching the point at which it might be viewed as nearly universal,” (Jenkins, H., 2012). In this respect, I question, is technology replacing human interaction between teachers and students in our public school system? Alternatively, are we as an educational system utilizing the vast potential of our children’s knowledge of technological communication to guide them toward
Carolyn Mapp
SOC120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility
Instructor: Thomas Reeder
December 3, 2012
Global technological learning is restructuring and reorganizing the interacting communication skills between teachers and students. The extreme advancement of technology is causing teaching techniques to move away from the face-to-face relationship to a broader student-directed computerized system. Machines such as computers and digital software knowledge sever the human intimacy connection. This duel union between teacher and student fosters communication skills, mutual understanding, and a sense of compassion. Both student and teacher form a bond through the relationship when entering into a school environment. For the same reason, technology is at the forefront of our nation. Our children need to learn appropriate technological knowledge from skillfully trained teachers who facilitate guidance, spark creative potential and foster self-directed learning. Children have become technological wizards by using various computerized and digital communicators outside of the classroom. “According to recent surveys by the Pew Research Center Internet & American Life Project, 95 percent of all teens (ages 12–17) use the Internet on a regular basis, 80 percent of them use social networking sites, and 75 percent have cell phones. With these numbers growing steadily, Internet and cell phone access by young people in their lives outside of school is rapidly approaching the point at which it might be viewed as nearly universal,” (Jenkins, H., 2012). In this respect, I question, is technology replacing human interaction between teachers and students in our public school system? Alternatively, are we as an educational system utilizing the vast potential of our children’s knowledge of technological communication to guide them toward
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