Rodriguez, Emmy Lou L.                                            Functional Literacy in the New Media

AB English III-A                                                                          Mr. Jayson Patalinghug

The Role of Technology in the 21^st century Education

   “There is no permanent in this world except change.”

   As our world slowly changes, there is a great need to educate students for them to be prepared in life’s constant battle. Technologies are very useful for us nowadays that is why it develops rapidly.

    In this present day or the 21^st century, technologies are great help for teachers as well as students. The tasks given by the teachers are designed to incorporate many skills and intelligence levels, and makes use of technology and multimedia. The lessons are not dependent on textbooks, instead they are project based. Through their research and projects, skills and content are learned, and textbooks are provided as one of many possible resources. Technology plays a big role in developing student’s intelligence because nowadays it is very easy to look for information of a certain topic where ever we want. While it may take some time before schools and teachers are equipped to properly educate in the 21st century. Children will be engaged and eager to learn, in fact, they will carry on learning at home and over holidays, and they will have the resources they need to keep learning no matter where they are. If the teacher is fund of using technology as a medium for teaching he/ she should know how to balance the traditional teaching and the technology.

   In order to educate the 21st century learners, teachers and administrators need to cultivate and maintain the student's interest by showing how this knowledge applies in the real world of competence.