Classroom Experience and Digital Technologies

This paper discusses the effects of personal digital technologies on classroom experience and broader educational outcomes. It highlights the advantages and disadvantages of using technology in education.

Running head: CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES
Name of the Student
Name of the University
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The students in the modern ages as well as the teachers tend to face a number of issues in
the usage of the personalized digital technologies in order to enhance the classroom experience
and the other educational outcomes that are targeted by the students. The following paper
attempts a discussion on the effects of the several personal digital technologies on the classroom
experience as well as the broader educational outcomes that are to be faced by the students in
their future lives.
The incorporation of the technological advancements within the educational fields tend to
help in the process of the gathering knowledge from the varied sources that are accessible from a
wide variety of the personalized digital device. The technological advances include the access of
the children to the various devices that enable them to use the internet in order to help in the
development of the knowledge on the matters that they have been studying at the concerned
institute. The technological advancements within the field of education helps the students to
gather more information on the topics of the study that they have been undertaking at the
concerned universities. The internet and the other technological factors that are being
implemented by the concerned students tend to help in the development of the knowledge that is
required for the better understanding of the subject that they have been studying.
The increase of the accessibility to the information on the concerned subject helps in the
development of the widespread knowledge on the given subject. The use of the technology
within the educational institutions has also been observed to be helpful for the students who are
physically challenged or belong to the areas that is difficult to access on an everyday basis. The
technological advancements have also helped the students who have been pursuing a full-time
job along with their studies. The access to the internet has helped them by helping them avoid the
need to attend the classes that are being conducted at the concerned educational institution. The

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technological advancements within the educational institution further helps in the development
of the services so that the students might have access to the course materials as well as the course
works through the access to the servers through the internet access. The incorporation of the
internet as one of the medias for the development of the knowledge of the students has helped in
the resolution of the issues that are faced by the student in terms of the understanding for the
subject or to be specific a certain aspect of the subject that the student has been studying. The use
of the internet further helps the student to avoid the sole dependency on the teachers, peers and
the other knowledgeable adults on the subject.
However, the dependency of the internet for the proper understanding of the issues that
the students might face while going through the study materials has a number of disadvantages
as well. The major issue in the dependency on the internet sources is the issue of the
misinformation that is being circulated over the internet. The misinformation that is majorly
present all over the internet might lead to the issues of the improper education on the matters.
The widespread misinterpretation of the information is known to create the conditions wherein
the students tend to rely on the information that is documented on the internet but is untrue. This
leads to the incomplete knowledge or the wrong knowledge as is developed by the concerned
student. The internet learning has another major issue which tends to deal with the activities
undertaken by the students during the time that they spend over the internet. These activities tend
to have a huge impact on the future activities of the students. The internet and the other
technological factors tend to lead to the conditions wherein the concerned students are found to
be turning to lazy people who are often reported to have been facing physical conditions due to
the lack of the physical exercise on the part of the students. The excessive use of the internet
however leads to the development of the research skills of the student and helps them gain better

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knowledge on the matters that they have been studying. The fast receipt of the information on a
subject helps the student to figure out more time for the study on the given subject.
Thus, from the above discussion it might be stated that the use of technology tends to
provide support in the education of the concerned student. The technological advancements
within the field of education helps the students to gather more information on the topics of the
study that they have been undertaking at the concerned universities. The technological
advancements within the educational institution further helps in the development of the services
so that the students might have access to the course materials as well as the course works through
the access to the servers through the internet access.