本帖最后由 idealibt 于 2012-4-18 22:48 编辑
【2012年4月18日 星期三 TPO 9独立写作】
Technology has made children less creative than they were in the past.
限时写作 22.02-22.43
During the past century, the most remarkable change is absolutely the development of technology. The advent of various electronic devices enables a more convenient lifestyle, the highly sophisticated medical instruments have cured millions of people's lives, and the list will go on. However, people begin to worry about such brilliant improvement will affect the next generation's ability to innovate. In my view, technology can by no means block the way of children being creative, on the contrary, it largely promotes the young generation to be more innovative.
To begin with, children get access to considerable amount of information nowadays which are essential for them to cultivate creative minds. A twelve years old boy from America, for example, has designed an Apple App to teach people how to programme, and he is the first one to achieve this. Without the information, ranging from how to use the Apple Tablet to App market, how can he made it! Obviously, it is unimaginable for his counterparts living decades ago, since they have none such progressed technology.
Secondly, the technology has brought about numerous smart tools, such as computer, which allows children get closer to innovation. Since technology has improved the way people works, it makes the young to learn and research more efficiently. For instance, during the past, students majored in astronomy may have no way to certify some guess about the outer space or the stars they are interested in and thus had to suspend their research. However, thanks to progressive technology, young researchers nowadays, with developed telescope, can do much deeper research without worrying about the limitation of devices. Therefore, technology plays a significant role in students' creativity nowadays.
At last, technology accelerates the process of creation because it makes education easier. Due to the computer and the Internet, people can be educated much easier than before, they can read through their smart phones or laptop on their way to school; they can watch the class videos of famous professors on line, even for free; children who cannot afford the tuition fees can learn by themselves with the assistance of advance technology. In all, since an increasing number of children are getting involved in education, an gradually large proportion of them will be creative than their counterparts. |