The New Role of Technology in Education

As technology advances it plays an ever more significant role in education. Whether it involves technology as a teaching aid or as the subject itself, it has changed and contributed to the manner in which we teach.

How Technology is Changing the System

In all Australian states it has become compulsory for school students to be deemed computer literate. There are also typing courses provided through schools and TAFE institutions. Gone are the days of both blackboards and whiteboards with the gradual introduction of new "smartboards", which graphically project drawn digagrams, digital documents and have internet access. With both the emergence of new professions and industries that utilise new technology and the increased role technology plays in other industries it has become necessary for course options in computer science and emerging technology to be made available on both the middle school and tertiary levels.

With the rapid advancement and growth of technology it is important that people are made aware of and educated on the use of it. From school age children should be introduced to technology so they are both comfortable with it and comprehend it without being desensitised by it. The role of technology in education will continue to be significant as humanity steps further into the future.