Friday, October 26, 2007

Will or should computers replace teachers?


The computers shouldn’t replace teachers from many reasons. One of them that is easier to ask for help a person who is next to you that than a computer. I believe that people are concentrate more when they are listening to another person that to the computer.


But in another side I think that finally computers will take over teachers place. Even now we can take classes online, make degree online. In my old college in Poland we had one class that on the projector through the computer and internet was presenting the lecture. I didn’t like it too much. They are making so many changes in schools that soon the teachers will have to be afraid that they will loose their jobs. I’m not sure if it was in Korea but somewhere in Asian country, I saw that students are sitting at home and teacher at home and they are communicate through video. I think this will happen soon. One teacher can teach hundreds student all over the world through the computer. There is no cost for building in which they have to stay, furniture/computers and other stuff in the class and in one time much more student can be taught.

I don’t want school to change for computers only. And I don’t want in the future my kids to not have opportunity meeting other students in the class, or get help person to person from the teacher. But as more as technology grows the education will be more and more computerized.
In a conclusion, the small classes which include only few to 20 students are the best, because each person can take from class what he really need and want but it is a possibility that students will sit at home and just turn on the computer and listen to the lecture from their bed in comforted pajamas.

1 comment:

Denise said...

You think like a business person -- yes, colleges like computers because it can save money and space. I agree with you; however, that teachers can do things that computers cannot.