Attention Getting Hook: Does Technology Improve Education

They say technology is taking up our time. It is. What they don't say is, it's saving us. It's teaching us and it's helping our lives. Technology is our future.[Attention getting Hook]I believe students use of technology greatly improves education and I know there are millions like me.[Opinion statement] It helps us in so many ways. Education being the forefront of a technology revolution. Kids can learn more and learn faster than the methods that are becoming obsolete. We do more, see more, and learn more. Without education and technology working together we would lose so much. When you look logically at where our future is headed you realize that technology will never be scaled back. We're far past that. Technology is going to be our lives. Instead of trying to leave kids clueless by never letting them use technology, we need to engage them with

[They Say] I believe the opposite to be true. Technology can support learning 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; builds 21st century skill; increases encouragement; and accelerates learning. ("Use of Technology in Teaching and Learning") [Rebuttal and supplied fact] I know there is a time when you have had nothing to do and just hopped on a device. Fingers are flying across the screen as you chat with friends. I have too. [Anecdote] It's not an occasion for me to get on my iPad and text friends. I can talk to them. It's easy and simple. I can't have a friend over every day but I sure can talk to them or FaceTime them anytime I want as long as we are both available. Sometimes we can even set up a video call between friends. I know I've come closer with my friends through texting.[Expanded] I learn so much about them and am so grateful for what I have and who my friends are. As a student, as a peer, and as a friend we can grow together in learning more through education with the help of