Role of Technology in Education

Role Technology in Education

How important the Technology in Education? Using Technology in the classroom enables teachers and students to make new decisions of everyday life problems. Technology helps in developing better educational curriculum, learning materials and future products and services in education. Integrating technology in classrooms is really important. Technology is encouraging children to become innovative and creative. That will make students successful in their career and life.

Teachers are executing latest technologies in the classrooms. All over the world students are learning important career skills at their home. The usage of technology in education is increasing the level of accuracy in educational content to a higher level. The use of new technologies are growing. New computer programs and mobile apps are playing their role in solving all daily life problems.

Due to the use of information technology, online classes, online degree programs and distance learning etc. are innovation in education. Students and teachers are getting various applications for distance education, online courses and degree programs. Online classes and degree programs have many advantages.  This is beneficial for those students who cannot continue their study regular due to any problem like poverty, family problem etc. or the students who are living in remote areas. All is due to the integration of technology into learning and communication process.

At present Technology has taken a very important position in education, as any information can be known by just clicking a button, students are getting benefited from it, they can watch online lectures on YouTube etc. for the topic they not understood in classroom, they can get information about their Career, Job Notifications etc. Teachers and students can also integrated through Social Media like to operate WhatsApp, Facebook groups where teacher can post real cause and students can react. The use of social media technologies in education can provide great benefits.

I think technology in education not only a tool but today technology is playing a role of teachers

Mohd Raziq

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Usage of Social Media among Students & Youth and Its Affects

Usage of Social Media among Students & Youth and Its Affects

Mohd Raziq 

Research Scholar 

We must heard commonly used proverb that Man is a Social Animal. He Prefers to live in society, with society and by society and somehow for society, in short we can say that he cannot live without society,  but this has become more common now in the era of Technology that we are using. Everyone is using Social Media. YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat etc. are the most popular online platforms that are commonly used among teens. Fully 95% of teens have access to a Smartphone, and 45% say they are online 'almost constantly' as reported from  Pew Research Center(2018).

The average person now spends more time each day on their phone and computer than they do sleeping. Social media statistics from 2019 show that there are 3.2 billion social media users worldwide, and this number is only growing. That equates to about 42% of the current population (Emarsys, 2019).

Social Media is commonly used now a days especially among youth and students. No doubt that Social Media Is very beneficial for Students and Youth. We can know any information by Just clicking a button, we can  communicate to one who is very far from us, as per a report 52% of online teens say social media have helped their friendships. 88% say being online helps them stay in touch with friends they don't see regularly. People make new friends. 57% online teens report making new friends online, online lectures for students available on internet, a study reported 59% of student users report that they use social networking to discuss educational topics and 50% use the sites to talk about school assignments, online classes can be attend through Internet, and so on. Since 2004, Social Media has been growing exponentially and it hasn’t reached the peak of its popularity yet. There’s no denying that social media platforms are now a major source of news and information. Professional social networks such as LinkedIn are important Social Media platforms for anyone looking to stand out in their profession. They allow people to create and market a personal brand.But on the other hand there are adverse affects on them. Youth is using Social Media only for entertainment,  this has effect on their Academics achievements sometimes fails and try to attempt suicide also (a study showed that students who went online while studying scored 20% lower on tests). Over use and misuse of Media by Students and Youth. Cyber-bullying (the use of electronic communication to bully someone, usually by sending intimidating or threatening messages) is commonplace online, causes emotional trauma, and sometimes even leads to suicide. 49.5% of students reported victimization by bullying online and 33.7% admitted to online bullying. A 2012 study found that at least 800,000 minors had been harassed on Facebook. Middle school children who experienced cyber-bullying were almost twice as likely to try to kill themselves. Misinformation i.e. spread of false information is also there. Social Media addicted people experience Stress, Eye Strain, lack of Sleep etc. which leads to negative impact on both Physical and Mental Health

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