The Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Information Technology in Education

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In this modern era, knowing, understanding and able to operate the modern technology well is very beneficial for students' study progress. It was because in most institutions or schools they required the students to do many of their school work on the computer or even search something independently on the internet. So, teaching the children as early as possible about the computer skill is one of the best things to do to prepare them for the fierce school competition, besides study hard and smart of course. However, parents and school still need to be aware of the danger of letting the young children use the technology without proper supervision from the adult around them.

There are some advantages that technology had which can help students' study progress: firstly, students can study more actively; secondly, they learn to collaborate with others; thirdly, they can get feedback easily and quickly as they don't have to wait for a longer period of time waiting for teachers answer; and the fourth, they can connect to the many professional people on their field. 

Although technology is good for many reasons; we shouldn't forget that there are negative things that we must consider such as, first that it can make students lazier to study because they think that they can get the answers of the problem quickly from the internet rather than reading book for hours. Second, some students may cheat when they do their work or in other words, they may plagiate other people work. Third, they may become less focus on their study because they get distracted with other stuff on the internet or computer. And lastly, it may also be able to make students' writing skills decrease because everything can be obtained from the internet quickly.

All in all, in my opinion, there are always advantages and disadvantages of everything in this universe, not least with the use of technology in education. So, we must educate our children and make them aware the danger of using it the wrong way.