"Does modern technology helps students learn more information and learn it more quickly"
Does modern techology helps students learn more information and learn it more quickly? My answer is yes! The reasons for my answer is listed below.
To start with, modern technology broadens our scope of information. First, more information concerning our own major or expertise is available with the help of Internet, the representative of modern technological advance. With Internet, students of literature are able to browse and compare literature masterpieces of different times and appreciate and evaluate more literature works; students of finance can be updated with the latest market scenario and get access to valuable data including investment, price, consumingand so on; students of engineering will find more information about architectural characteristics of buildings in different countries and places and more research information concerning the mechanical importance of certain architect. Second, with the help of Internet, we find our extra-curriculum life enriched. More means of communications are offered online such as Facebook and Twitter with which one can have the access to contact with friends with whom we learn by sharing and discussing. Large amount learning material such CDs, slideshows, audios and videos are also available online for us to download.
Moreover, modern technology also enhances our learning efficiency. This will be aptly demonstrated by the electronical dictionary technology. With its help, we can easily look up new English vocabulary in a blink of an eye, freeing us from the strenuous work of consulting with piles of paper dictionaries. Another example will be the technology of computer. Caculation is made much faster and easier by computer. We no longer need to waste our time in calculating when we solve math problems.
Admittedly, one may argue that modern technology brought certain drawbacks in our learning of information. For example, the invention of video games steals our time and energy from meaningful learning of information. However, I find the advantages of modern technology in terms of helping us learn more information and learn it more quickly far surpasses its disadvantages. Therefore, I strong believe that modern technology helps students learn more information and learn it more quickly.