How Has Technology Helped Education Evolve?

Modern technology like the internet and computer have become fundamental instruments for learning, replacing old-school methods like libraries and teacher lectures. Now, with a few clicks of the mouse, any student can access a search engine on the Internet, enter a few keywords, and find millions of results about any possibly topic they are interested in. In other words, technology has been a key channel in transforming student learning from teacher-dependent to self-dependent. Self-dependent learning and research is one of the key fundamentals of 21st century learning, and modern technology makes it easier than ever.

Recent internet innovations like web 2.0 have also transformed education in other ways. The interactive user participation features that have arrived to numerous websites with web 2.0 allow students to not just do research but to collaboratively discuss it with others within the virtual world, as well as polish it through their own blogs and professional revisions on "wiki" sites like Wikipedia.

It is exciting seeing the pace at which technology has been transforming the scene of education, outrunning the old-school methods that most teachers are still adapted to...