THESIS Colloqium
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND
Rationale
In the era where in modern technologies still don’t exist, students rely mostly in educational materials such library, observations, notes, books just to review and study their lessons. They put a lot of extra efforts in order to gain information. Students are more focused and motivated in studying in order to attain good grades and better education.
According to Daniels, technology motivates students to in having a choice in their assignments, see the relevancy, or can assess the teacher's feedback intertwined, student motivation increases. Along with the rapid growth and change of modern technology, students become more dependent to electronic gadgets around them. Because the students believe in the power of gadgets, they all rely their works in them.
As a result, they forget to be responsible in their own way and let themselves be controlled with by all the comforts that the gadgets give them. Unlike before, they allot less time in studying and putting more time in using the gadgets because they have this idea that doing researches and assignments can be easily done because of it. Modern technology causes great distraction in the study habits of students.
Due to the enormous development of technologies, this era can also be called the Age of Technology. With the purpose of serving in the social, educational, and employment world, technology is becoming the most essential tool (http://www.customessaymeister.com). Social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites and gadgets, such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture (UNICEF, 2011). They have so permeated youth lives that it is hard to believe that less than a decade ago, these technologies barely existed. Modern technologies have altered how youth socialize and learn and that raises a new set of issues that educators, parents, and policy makers should consider. An important question which this paper tries to
THE PROBLEM: RATIONALE AND BACKGROUND
Rationale
In the era where in modern technologies still don’t exist, students rely mostly in educational materials such library, observations, notes, books just to review and study their lessons. They put a lot of extra efforts in order to gain information. Students are more focused and motivated in studying in order to attain good grades and better education.
According to Daniels, technology motivates students to in having a choice in their assignments, see the relevancy, or can assess the teacher's feedback intertwined, student motivation increases. Along with the rapid growth and change of modern technology, students become more dependent to electronic gadgets around them. Because the students believe in the power of gadgets, they all rely their works in them.
As a result, they forget to be responsible in their own way and let themselves be controlled with by all the comforts that the gadgets give them. Unlike before, they allot less time in studying and putting more time in using the gadgets because they have this idea that doing researches and assignments can be easily done because of it. Modern technology causes great distraction in the study habits of students.
Due to the enormous development of technologies, this era can also be called the Age of Technology. With the purpose of serving in the social, educational, and employment world, technology is becoming the most essential tool (http://www.customessaymeister.com). Social network sites, online games, video-sharing sites and gadgets, such as iPods and mobile phones are now fixtures of youth culture (UNICEF, 2011). They have so permeated youth lives that it is hard to believe that less than a decade ago, these technologies barely existed. Modern technologies have altered how youth socialize and learn and that raises a new set of issues that educators, parents, and policy makers should consider. An important question which this paper tries to