Technology in the classroom: help or distraction?

Technology has become a normal part of education because students use computers, tablets, smartphones, interactive boards, online learning platforms, digital textbooks, educational videos, cloud documents, translation tools, calculators, simulations, and artificial-intelligence systems during different stages of learning. In some classrooms, technology is used almost constantly, while in others teachers deliberately limit it because they believe too many devices reduce concentration. Both positions contain some truth. Technology can make education more flexible, interactive, accessible, and connected with the modern world, but the same device that gives a student access to an online dictionary can also provide instant access to games, social media, messages, entertainment, and answers that require no independent thinking.…