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1. Technology:
Boon or Bane?

2. OBJECTIVES:
 1. To know the definition of boon and bane in
order to understand the main topic.
 2. To distinguish the boon and bane of
technology.
 3. To conclude if technology is either boon or
bane.

3. BOON
a thing that is helpful or beneficial.
synonyms:
blessing, godsend, bonus, plus,
Benefit, advantage, help, aid, asset;

4. BANE
 a cause of great distress or annoyance.
 synonyms:
scourge, curse, blight, pest, nuisance, headache,
nightmare, trial,hardship, cross to
bear, burden, thorn in one's flesh/side, bitter
pill,affliction, trouble, misery, woe, tribulation, misf
ortune, pain

5. These modern means of communication
appear to be meaningful ways of
communication.
Almost every technology has a bright and
dark side to it, its positive and negative
repercussions. About a couple of decades
back, communicating with a relative or friend
was not as easy as it is today. We used to
correspondence once or twice a month to
inform them about the latest happenings.

6. We were deeply involved in the
communication process. We were so
excited while speaking to our parents or
friends while calling them from abroad.
But today, such emotions can hardly be
witnessed.
Inevitably, we are technologically
advanced but we have been morally and
spiritually weakened. We are heading
towards cultural decadence ever since
technology has become a part of lives. It
seems as if we have sunk into an ocean
of nothingness.

7. With the help of the
latest technology, fake IDs can
easily be made. Besides, you can
post malicious content to defame a
relative or friend. You can also do it
out of jealousy or if you want to take
revenge for something. but in reality
have negative effects. The privacy of
a person exists nowhere on these
so-called social sites.

8. In education, technology is bane when:
• the learner is made to accept as Gospel truth information they get from the internet
• the learner surfs the internet for pornography
• the learners has an uncritical mind on images floating on televisions and computers
that represent modernity and progress
• the tv makes the learner a mere spectator not an active participant in the drama of life
• the learners get glued to his computer-assisted instruction unmindful of the world and
so fails to develop the ability to relate to others
• we make use of the Internet to do character assassination of people whom we hardly
like
• because of our cellular phones, we spend most of our time in the classroom or in our
workplace texting
• we overuse and abuse tv or film viewing as a strategy to kill time

10. Albert Einstein had said: “I fear the day
technology will surpass our human
interaction. The world will have a
generation of idiots”.

11. Educational technology is the use of technological tools to
improve education, It is a systematic process for designing
instruction or training used to improve performance. It facilitates the
learning processes and increases performance. In the 21st Century
technological advances has exploded. Schools have not been left
out in these advancements. Classroom technology has become
increasingly more popular. Each tool provides teachers with a
method in which they can actively engage their students. These
tools or devices are Internet, LCD Projector, Smart Board, Laptop or
Computer, Digital Camera, Tablets, etc. These can help students to
make lessons fun, interesting, and more effective.
Using technology reduces the work load and helps students to
understand subject better. Essentially it is also driving the way that
teachers teach and students learn. Technology based learning and
assessment systems will be pivotal in improving student learning
and generating data that can be used to continuously improve the
education system at all levels.