TECHNOLOGY:

BOON OR BANE ?

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ACTIVITY B

ACTIVITY C PROCESS

BOON•A thing that is helpful or beneficial

•Synonymous with Blessing, Benefit and Favor

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BANE•A cause of great distress or annoyance

•Synonymous with poison, venom, ruin and curse

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PRESS

•“Do instant messaging, e-mail, cell phones and other gadgetry bring family members closer or drive them apart?”

TUSLOK KA

1.What blessing did technology bring?

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2.What problems did technology bring?

3.Is technology good or bad?

Technology is a blessing for man. With technology, there is a lot that we can do which we could not do then.

In education, technology is bane when:

•The learner is made to accept as Gospel truth information they get from the internet

•The learners surfs the internet for pornography.

•The learner has an uncritical mind on images floating on televisions and computers that represents modernity and progress.

•The tv makes the learner a mere spectator not an active participant in the drama of life .

•The learners gets glued to his computer for computer-assisted instruction unmindful of the world and so fails to develop ability to relate others.

We make use of the internet to do character assassination of character whom we hardly like .

Because of our cell phone, we spend most of our time in the classroom or in our workplace texting .

We use, overuse and abuse TV. or film viewing as a strategy to kill time.

Is technology a boon or a bane?

Technology contributes much to the improvement of

the teaching-learning process and to the

humanization of life. It is indeed a blessing. But when not used

properly, it becomes a detriment to

instruction and human progress and

development.

Technology is made for man and not man for technology. It is made for the teacher and not the teacher for technology.

GOOD AFTERNOON!!!