Lesson 2

Technology: boon or bane

Technology is in our hand. We can use it to build or destroy.

“is technology a Boon or Bane?”

Stated more simply is it:

·     A blessing or a curse?

·     A blessing or a detriment to a person’s development?

Technology is Boon

-       Technology is a blessing for a man. With technology there is a lot that we can do which we could not do then.

-       Technology contributes much to the improvement of the teaching-learning process and to the humanization of life.

-       With T.V you can watch events as they happen all over the globe.

-       Your teaching and learning can be more novel, stimulating, exciting angaging with thw use of multimedia n the classroom. Many human lives saved because of speedy notifications via cell phones.

Technology is Bane

When not used properly, technology becomes a detriment to learning and development.

-       It can destroy relationships.

In Education , technology is Bane when.

 The learner is made to accept as gospel truth information they get from the internet.

The learner surfs the internet for pornography.

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 time in the classroom or in workplace texting.