Lesson 2: Boon or Bane

           

"Technology is a blessing for man. With technology, there is a lot that we can do which we could not do then. Technology is made for the teacher and not the teacher for technology. It is very helpful but if not used properly, technology becomes a detriment to learning and development."

"Technology is made for man and not man for technology.Technology is made for the teacher and not the teacher for technology." This means that technology is meant to serve man in all aspects of life including instruction.It is man,and is the context of the classroom,the teacher,who determines how technology ought to be used in order to reap the maximum benefits that come along with technology.

Technology contributes much to the improvement of the teaching-learning process and to the humanization of life.It is indeed a blessing.

In Education technology is Boon when:

• Technology is not only related to understanding the things but it is also related to implement the things. 
• It not only related the scientific knowledge but also include facts and practical knowledge
• Technology is a mixture of man, material and thing so we can develop the product and satisfy the goals.
• Technology is the application of scientific development so that it can be beneficial for human being. 
• It is a knowledge of creating tool and developing the skills so that we can solve the problem
• It is the set of both hardware and software that help us to think better. Technology includes all the objects from pencil and paper to the latest electronic gadget.

In our generation for today, technology is important in everyday life. Because technology gives more benefits for us, this is the attempt to solve the problem of survival, capturing enough energy and converting it into human needs and also to make life easier. That are some benefits of technology.

Educators are the most user of technology, they use it for their assignments, activities or anything that can used an internet, and we used it to communicate in other countries or even in our country wherever we are. So that is the advantages of technology in our daily life.

In Education technology is Bane when:

• The learner is made to accept Gospel truth information they get from the internet. 
• The learner has an uncritical mind on images floating on televisions and computers that represent modernity and progress.
• The TV makes the learner a mere spectator not an active participant in the drama of life.
• The learner gets glued to his computer for computer-assisted instruction unmindful of the world and so fails to develop the ability to relate to others. 
• We make use of the Internet to do character assassination of people whom we hardly like. 
• Because of our cell phone, we spend most of our time in the classroom or in our workplace texting.
• We use overuse and abuse TV or film viewing as a strategy to kill time Learning. 

The disadvantages of technology is we will become a lazy person and we will become dependent. Like for example, we have a library in our school, there’s so many books in that room, but most of the students they not research in the library instead they research in the internet. Because they not suffering to search their assignments or anything. And it can take addiction for us, we lost our money for our bad habit. 

But the answer is in you, how to use an technology and not mistreat their use. It’s up to you if you want to poison your life in the use of technology or take a benefits from our technology.