Is Technology Making USarter?

Is technology making us smarter or dumber? An argument that has grown over the year, almost seeming everlasting. Technology in the Stone Age did not start with computer and electronics, but with fire, wheels, and clothing (Holt). Today, we may consider theses as tools, but in the Stone Ages, they were advances. A positive technological advance that leads us to cell phones, the internet, and robots. Technology has made us do more as we multi-task on a single computer, but making us understand less of what we're doing and using “technical wise”. Technology has not made us wiser; nor hard workers to look for answers, but it has made us smarter, capable, and multitaskers. Children now a day want to engage in learning because technology has made …show more content…
Technology is not used just in engineering but used in healthcare work and many other areas. We’ve used technology as a benefit to increase our knowledge and as a helping tool. For example, young students today take the ACT for future purposes. In the math portion of the ACT students are allowed to use a calculator, which many take advantage of. In the earlier years, when the ACT first appeared, many did not use calculators except their prior knowledge. The calculator was used less than they are now. This is very interesting because the digital revolution is replacing “traditional” things. Another example is a library. Libraries are no longer a place where someone can find information, especially when someone has technology all around them. People of the Stone Age did not have the luxury of turning on the television, but advances in tool making technology led prehistoric humans towards modernity (Holt). In World War II, draft boards kept engineers and scientists on the homefront to work on machines instead of sending them off, where they were most likely to die (Coopersmith). Technology is not just a positive advance, but also a fun learning tool for …show more content…
Learning by old run down textbooks and boring worksheets given by teachers. Children just want to have adventures and actually do things they will enjoy. Children today use technology to learn for fun not because they have too (Agrawal). A survey said that three-quarters of teacher use technology to motivate students and respond to learning styles (Coopersmith). Classroom’s nationwide are enhancing their equipment for better technology. Children three years old and up are able to touch a touchscreen phone or tablet and navigate on their own. A single app can teach kindergarten to color, count, and say their ABC’s. Not only has technology made it fun for children to learn, but technology has also increased intelligence. A great proportion of people have higher education qualifications because the world is growing smarter together through