We have been apprehensive of technology changing society for many years. The challenging process of educating is in demanding need for solutions on how technology will change education. Society seems to be fascinated by the eruption of technological advancement in the field of education.

            Every breakthrough has potential for both positive and negative effects; progress is truly a double-edged sword and technology is an amoral amplifier. For instance, the commercialization of knowledge on the internet can lead to too much wider access to knowledge, instant distribution and sharing of ideas. It will also always be evolving and advancing. It will continue to make life easier for disabled students, and make them more prepared for future jobs. This will also make the world as a whole more intellectual. Technology and the education system will always go hand in hand now that we live in an influenced world and society. It will be up to our generation to make sure that these innovations in technology continue to evolve to fit the needs of people and to be used to make life better, especially for students.

            Critics of technology’s  impact on society point to increase of rates of childhood obesity, replacement of face-to-face socializing by multimedia use, addiction to video games,  withdrawal-like behavior from excessive media use, and lower comprehension when reading from electronic sources versus paper one. However, many of these aspects are being addressed by new technology adaptations and new ways of using existing technologies.

            An important point here is that we may not able to stop the accelerating progress of inventions and technology, but we can carefully manage how they are used in our lives. We need to be very explicit in what we must want out of technology so that its negative effects will continue to be curbed and its positive potentials to continue to be enhanced.

            Our education systems need to focus on universally positive goals of building personal competencies, expertise, and wisdom of our learners. All students need to learn to consider the wider implications of their actions, to act mindfully in the world and to reflect and adapt as the world changes.

By: Catherine T. Acuzar Teacher I Bataan National High School