Use of Computer

It seems that more and more often computers and related equipment are being involved in the educational process nowadays. This tendency of wiring schools, exercising long distance learning, and depending on the internet for information is apparently being actively promoted. Lately, politicians and some educators have begun praising computers as the new technological universal remedy, “the one that will turn classrooms into cybernetic gardens for growing young minds” (EMC Paradigm Publishing). The utilization of computers in education has speedily altered the way that people learn in a short period of time. However, there is a topical question of whether this change is for good, whether it have actually repressed or improved learning process? Considering the experience of recent years, when such things as educational television and the language lab failed to truly become a successful educational technology, many individuals nowadays feel skeptical over the noises about computer’s potential to modernize both teaching and learning processes. I believe this skepticism to be vain. In my opinion, the difference this time is that the technologists may be right. I believe that if being applied properly, education through computers can bring numerous significant benefits to both students and teachers.

It is believed that in the twenty-first century the growing number of jobs in the United States will be in the service or information area. The potential job positions will oblige students to have such professional skills as ability to “communicate effectively in speech and in writing; work collaboratively; use technological tools such as computers; analyze problems, set goals, and formulate strategies for achieving those goals; seek out information or skills on their own, as needed, to meet their goals” (EMC Paradigm Publishing). The factual problem our schools are presently confronted with is how to reorganize and improve the curriculum in order to make sure that students