The Effects of Using Technology in the Academic Performance of Grade 12 ABM Students in Bestlink College of the Philippines SY 2018-2019

Abstract

In an ever-changing technological world, computers seem to be at the forefront of education. At the same time, the exact impact of using technology for instruction is still unknown. Some questions teaching communities grapple with are technology's role in student's desire to learn and how technology affects the retention of the information. More specifically, it would be useful to know whether students respond more positively to participating in a social studies class when using web 2.0 tools versus using paper-based methods. For an educator in the 21st century, it is important to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of technology on education. The general question that guided this study was "To what extent does technology help student motivation and retention of information in a 12th grade Social Studies classroom?" To this end, for this investigation, the researchers outlined three major goals. First, the purpose of this study is to cover students' effectiveness in learning when engaging with technology during the instructional time. The second goal is to measure the retention of information after using two different methods of teaching. The final goal of this study is to analyze a smaller special needs group and how their motivation and retention are affected by technology-based projects. The researchers utilized the purposive sampling which determined the target population of those who are involved in this study. It obtained the desired50 students to know the Effectiveness of technology on the grade 12 ABM student of Bestlink College of the Philippines for the academic Year 2018-2019. Descriptive Design in research was used. Some students were not able to used technology like phones and computers due to lack of finances. There are instances that they can’t handle mobile phones, while some of them are using it in an unnecessary task. One of the disadvantages of using technology is bullying by using phones or computers on social media. This research paper contributes not only to the use of technology as being harmful to the students but the importance of it to make our work easier such as doing a project, research, assignments, and many others. This study suggests the school should conduct training for all the ABM students of Bestlink College of the Philippines that has a lack of finances so that they will be more aware of the importance of today's technology and its contribution to our society especially in avoiding bullying.