1. Efficient
Phones and computers are only getting faster, and they give an easy way to finish work quickly.
2. More interactive
New technology provides an opportunity for students to do something other than just sitting at their desks taking notes. Also, activities on devices are typically more entertaining for students because they can do what they know best.
3. Accessible outside of school
A majority of students own their own phones and have access to a computer at home, and even the ones who don’t can go to the school or public outside of school hours. Doing schoolwork on the computer makes it easier for students to do work outside of school because they can access it almost wherever they are, especially with the use of Google apps.
4. Uses less paper
The logic is obvious: when technology is utilized in the classroom, trees and notebooks are spared.
5. Store files in one spot
Now that Parkway is a “Google school,” students can have all of their documents, pictures and emails in one accessible spot, making it impossible to lose files between different folders on school and home computers or misplace papers in physical folders.
6. Closes gap between teachers and students
Technology has the ability to bridge the gap that forms when students need feedback on an assignment or have questions and are unable to see their teacher in a timely manner. With just a couple clicks of a button, students are easily able to receive feedback.
7. Gives abilities that would be impossible otherwise
Without computers and cameras, it would be impossible to produce the newspaper and yearbook, and classes like Desktop Publishing and Marketing couldn’t exist. Technology creates opportunities to do things that just aren’t possible with a pencil and paper.
8. Provides useful skills for the future
It’s basically inevitable that students will use a computer to do work in college, and employers are impressed when hearing about backgrounds with Microsoft and Adobe programs, both of which students can learn to use at school.
9. Travels better
Rather than lugging around a backpack full of packets and books that students might use a quarter of during the day, work and reading can be done from a personal device, explaining why it’s preferable to use the online math textbook.
10. Expands your learning zone
Technology allows students to expand their knowledge and increases learning capacity a ton because there are so many possibilities that open up alongside technology use.
