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Technology is increasing at such a rapid pace that even underdeveloped countries are jumping on the band wagon. It is not all too surprising that our generation has seen this large change of increasing technology in the classroom. From the elementary school days of rolling in a television that is shared with four or five classrooms to watch a VHS tape to computers, projectors, big screens and televisions in every classroom. The technology in classrooms has no doubt added to the learning experience and has made it infinitely easier to teach. This article shows that children who live in underdeveloped countries are getting a better education with the addition of laptops for each student. The question with all new technology is will this in the future still be as beneficial as once believed?
Well, Problems did arise. Children were not used to using the computers, teachers had never taught using them and it inevitably slowed down the amount of material being covered in class, and the laptops would occassionally break and families would personally have to repair them. This group of children receiving laptops was in Peru. The greater problem is that these kids are learning so many "valuable" tech skills that could get them great jobs, but where they live in Peru there are no such jobs. This shows that we often think everything can be fixed with technology, but often it causes deeper and more difficult problems.
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It seems perhaps a situation where people want to find any easy solution for a very complicated situation. Do you think there are ways that laptops could be beneficial in countries like this? Or is it more important to try to fix some of the other problems being faced in countries like this?
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