Lai Yingbing, Class 13, Senior 1, Shenzhen Xin’an Middle School Instructed by Tang Ying With the development of modern technology, electronic products such as computers and smart phones are widely used in our life. Sometimes a number of people may feel they can’t focus on their work because of their phones. Then they draw a conclusion — technology gets in the way of learning. But is it true? My answer is “No, it isn’t.” It doesn’t affect our learning; instead, it helps us learn better. The following are my reasons. Firstly, technology is helpful to teachers’ teaching and students’ studying. In the past, teachers gave lessons with blackboard and chalks. This made knowledge abstract and students couldn’t understand the knowledge easily. And teachers wasted a lot of time writing on the blackboard and students gained little knowledge in a limited time. But nowadays, computers and PPTs help teachers use pictures, graphs, charts and even animated videos to give their lessons. Thanks to technology, classes have become more efficient and livelier, and knowledge has become clearer and easier to understand. Secondly, technology helps us get the information we need at a high speed. When we wanted to look up some information to help our studies in the old days, we were supposed to go to the library and read books which might have the information we wanted. Sadly, sometimes we would spend a whole day in the library and still wouldn’t get what we wanted. It was really annoying and tiring, but now it’s different — we can search for everything we want to learn through the Internet, so we can get useful information precisely just in a few minutes. By the way, we can get not only essays on the Internet, but also a large quantity of videos and pictures which help to increase our interest in learning and learn faster. In my opinion, if we have strong self-control and use electronic products properly, technology is definitely good for our studies. For my classmates who do well in learning, their parents rarely restrict them from using computers and smart phones. On the contrary, for my classmates who don’t do well in learning, although their parents don’t allow them to use electronic products, they still can’t make progress in studying. Why is there such a situation? That is because the students who are weak in studying aren’t paying attention to their studies. It’s not a problem of technology. In conclusion, I totally agree that technology doesn’t get in the way of learning but makes our learning easier and more interesting. If we are good at using technology, we can live a joyful and bright life. | 