Day 46 Technology and study

Technology and study

The modern technology has taken more and more parts in our life, so as our study. The new development of computer software and other magnificent renovation promotes our study efficiently. As a new-generation student, we should be able to access these support proficiently, in order to establish our own advantages. Using these technologies will save us a lot of time along with extra benefits. However, we have to balance the traditional way of study with it. Because the actual output is still majorly based on our hard-work.

The most significant differences between us and students before 1990s are caused by the popularized Internet technology. Our text book will normally include an access code for the on-line material. This on-line learning center provides a great complement of the book and in-school study. Therefore, we can either preview or review the subject through this platform. The large publishing group will support their reader with online quiz and power point present. Which allows us to comprehend the book by studying the emphases in the chapter. Even through we may not find these online materials as useful as our lecturer’s handouts, it still grants us some supplementary explanations to the topic. In addition, the expansion of the Internet makes knowledge available to share online. For example, we may inquire any difficulties we face via the student portal to our lecturer, that is rather convenient due to the row could be too long after class. And we can organize our language better in writing, hence make the question more concise. When we study by ourselves, the Internet breaks the barrier of knowledge spreading, thus we will always find someone who is better than us in the specific area. The Internet eliminates the physical distance between us and the information, thereby make our study much easier. Moreover, the information technology generates a handy portal for us to monitor our study process. The university student portal enables us to manage our unit schedule, fee payment, and other related activities online. Which is also, a cost avoidance benefit, it reduces our time consumption on accessing these information

Furthermore, the education and office software assist our study process as well.Especially on language study, the English learning software such as ‘Speaking-pal’, ‘British Council Grammar’ and ‘Practicing English Grammar’ help non-English background students including myself practice our language. The office software makes the study itself gets rid of the exhausting handwriting and graphing progress. The notes or assignment produced through this software has a much clearer interface, so it is more straight-forward for us to review it. However, the lack of the hand-writing process may lead into the problem of memorizing the knowledge, hence we need to combine these two methods together.

The advancement in technology has truly provided us a lot of benefits on study. But we cannot totally rely on it, because I believe that real wisdom is created by our endeavor, and all the techniques are only the tools to assist us.