Today’s busy, full packet curriculum leaves little time for children to
do appropriate research regarding their projects and homework. There is not
even enough time for the children that fall behind in class to catch up with
their peers. The OBE curriculum is structured in such a way that a child in
primary school has so many subjects and therefore a ton of homework. With the
countries economical status it is evident that both parents need to work to
generate income for their household. This leads to many children coming to
school the following day without completing his/her homework because of
lack of time and assignments being crammed in. Thankfully as time passes
technology expands. The Internet has become a necessity in many lives young and
old. It is information and communication at one`s finger tips. Generation Z
(children who are born from the year 2000 onwards up until today) uses it for
gathering information for their projects, downloading games and things to
watch. Whereas adults, 18 years and older use the Internet for communication purposes
and getting information quickly. The Internet assists us with endless amount of
resources and children need to be able to access it. Whether it is at home or
at school. Educator cannot deny this resourceful tool.
See the link below that speaks about how technology impacts a child`s
writing skills for the better. There are so many websites that an educator can
use to teach his/her pupils how to use the Internet as well as their mobile
phones safely. See link below. It is the educators` responsibility to teach
children how technology work and what benefit it holds for them.
Even though 60% Internet traffic of the African continent originates in
South Africa there are only 11% of the populations of South Africa that have
Internet access. This has to be taken into consideration when you as educator
give the assignment`s instructions.
Percentage of Internet users increasing over the years.
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Fantastic, Sharon! Enjoy this process!
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