(for Computer Year I) :D
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In this hustling, bustling time of ours (where reports are easily typed on Microsoft Word and “lecture” and “PowerPoint” are almost the same words), computers are practically part of everyone’s life. Most jobs today require computer literacy; and now, with the appearance of popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Multiply, among others, talk of computers and the Internet cannot be avoided.
Computer education is now a staple in almost every school nowadays. Students get to learn the basics about these convenient contraptions, from the insides to the outs and everything between this PC and that iPhone. I remember the good old days when lessons were scribbled onto Manila paper, taped up onto the wall and introduced to the class – whereas nowadays, lectures are simply typed in and saved into our decorative USBs, presented at the click of a button and accessed back and forth whenever and wherever we want to.
So – am I on the good side, or the bad side of computers and Com Ed? Well, of course, who wouldn’t love computers? I’m a self-confessed nerd, actually, no matter how “strictly old-fashioned” I may be.
In this day and age, computer education really should be taught in many schools. Aside from the bigger-than-before salaries programmers and graphic artists get these days, computers really do get our work done easier than sticking memos to the fridge or ticking away at typewriters. Still, people still shouldn’t rely on technology so much. Way back when cellphones were those big, boring chunks of plastic and metal, and color screens were nothing but dreams, people relied much more on their own memory.
My whole point, I guess, is that balance is (more or less) always the answer – knowing how to use both mind and tech in the right way finishes the job.
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My Side on Com Ed.
In this hustling, bustling time of ours (where reports are easily typed on Microsoft Word and “lecture” and “PowerPoint” are almost the same words), computers are practically part of everyone’s life. Most jobs today require computer literacy; and now, with the appearance of popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Multiply, among others, talk of computers and the Internet cannot be avoided.
Computer education is now a staple in almost every school nowadays. Students get to learn the basics about these convenient contraptions, from the insides to the outs and everything between this PC and that iPhone. I remember the good old days when lessons were scribbled onto Manila paper, taped up onto the wall and introduced to the class – whereas nowadays, lectures are simply typed in and saved into our decorative USBs, presented at the click of a button and accessed back and forth whenever and wherever we want to.
So – am I on the good side, or the bad side of computers and Com Ed? Well, of course, who wouldn’t love computers? I’m a self-confessed nerd, actually, no matter how “strictly old-fashioned” I may be.
In this day and age, computer education really should be taught in many schools. Aside from the bigger-than-before salaries programmers and graphic artists get these days, computers really do get our work done easier than sticking memos to the fridge or ticking away at typewriters. Still, people still shouldn’t rely on technology so much. Way back when cellphones were those big, boring chunks of plastic and metal, and color screens were nothing but dreams, people relied much more on their own memory.
My whole point, I guess, is that balance is (more or less) always the answer – knowing how to use both mind and tech in the right way finishes the job.
