Prompt: Although innovations such as video, computers, and the Internet seem to offer schools improved methods for instructing students, these technologies all too often distract from real learning.
Often people are of the opinion that technology is a distraction from the real world but I see it as a double edged sword, having its advantages and disadvantages. The prompt suggests that innovation and progress of technology, which offers schools improved methods for instructing students, are often distracting. However, in my opinion these innovations in teaching methods are useful and helpful for three reasons.
Firstly, it is a popularly held belief that there are different types of learners i.e. people use different senses to learn and generally can perceive and retain information better in one way than other. However, research has shown that, although some people have a proclivity to learn in a certain way, the best way to learn a subject or a skill is through all your senses and the recent technological innovations for schools is incredibly useful for these purposes. For example, when a group of students are being taught physics in school, learning the subject merely through a textbook is not enough to make them understand. However, through the internet and smart TV’s in school, students can access materials made by experts in the field and see how a concept in physics like momentum works and affects the real world through their visual and auditory senses . So, a complex topic being taught at school which could be difficult to comprehend for students through only traditional textbooks, can be made easier and even fun for them.
Secondly, technology in school also helps teachers to give their students a comprehensible and better lesson over virtually any topic. They can access the internet and select the best lesson plans and resources needed in order to make the learning experience better for their students. For example, a teacher preparing a lesson over the rule of Akbar in ancient India can access tons of information on this subject explaining it and videos of how Akbar’s kingdom operated, battles that he fought, his daily life etc. This not only makes the work of the teacher easier to some extent but even helps their students to comprehend the lesson being taught effectively.
Thirdly, the role of group learning is very important in a students life and it is imperative that they learn about it and experience its benefits while they are in school as it can also benefit them in their future lives. Technological advancement has led to development of social media apps through which people can interact and get in touch with each other and students can use these apps to their benefit. For example, all the students in a class are given a project to make a model of the solar system and are divided into groups of four to do so. School timings are only from morning to afternoon and even in school they have to attend classes and have very little time to discuss the project. Through apps like whatsapp or telegram, they can get in touch after school with each other and discuss the details of the project they will be making and can even collaborate with each other through the internet in making a word document or a powerpoint presentation. So, these apps help students to collaborate with each other and provide an effective learning experience. They can not only chat or exchange information but can also simultaneously work over a project through the internet.
Of course, the aforementioned innovations in technology have their cons and can be distracting to students but such is the case with almost everything in the world and as mentioned, technology is a double edged sword and its user should use it with restraint. But that doesn’t mean one must denounce the use of these things entirely. Therefore, use of technology in school is a salutary option which is beneficial not only to students but also teachers.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 864, Rule ID: COMMA_PARENTHESIS_WHITESPACE
Message: Don't put a space before the full stop
Suggestion: .
...through their visual and auditory senses . So, a complex topic being taught at sch...
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Line 7, column 60, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'students'' or 'student's'?
Suggestion: students'; student's
...f group learning is very important in a students life and it is imperative that they lea...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, while, for example, of course, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 17.0 12.4196629213 137% => OK
Conjunction : 38.0 14.8657303371 256% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 12.0 11.3162921348 106% => OK
Pronoun: 47.0 33.0505617978 142% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 85.0 58.6224719101 145% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 12.9106741573 93% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3151.0 2235.4752809 141% => OK
No of words: 636.0 442.535393258 144% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.95440251572 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.02185627292 4.55969084622 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70590822646 2.79657885939 97% => OK
Unique words: 279.0 215.323595506 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.438679245283 0.4932671777 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 958.5 704.065955056 136% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 3.10617977528 64% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.77640449438 56% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 20.2370786517 109% => OK
Sentence length: 28.0 23.0359550562 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 54.8657264044 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 143.227272727 118.986275619 120% => OK
Words per sentence: 28.9090909091 23.4991977007 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.04545454545 5.21951772744 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 14.0 10.2758426966 136% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 5.13820224719 78% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.83258426966 83% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.286764779933 0.243740707755 118% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0918283884736 0.0831039109588 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.065996807923 0.0758088955206 87% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.179163237352 0.150359130593 119% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.090118789991 0.0667264976115 135% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.3 14.1392134831 115% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 51.52 48.8420337079 105% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.0 12.1743820225 107% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.1639044944 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.38706741573 98% => OK
difficult_words: 130.0 100.480337079 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 15.0 11.8971910112 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 13.2 11.2143820225 118% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.7820224719 110% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 66.67 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 4.0 Out of 6
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