Name: 技術，對教育最好還是最壞 | Scott Widman | TEDxYouth@BSPR (Technology, The best or worst thing for education | Scott Widman | TEDxYouth@BSPR)
Uploaded: 2025-04-14T11:39:49.000Z
Duration: 6 min 2 s

I want to start off with a question, technology in the classroom, is it better or worse for our students today?

我想先問一個問題：課堂上的技術，對今天的學生來說是好是壞？

And I want to kind of get your guys' insights, so let's see it.

我想聽聽你們的看法，我們來看看。

Thumbs up if you think technology in the classroom is more beneficial to students.

如果您認為課堂技術對學生更有益，請豎起大拇指。

All right, now give me a thumbs down if you think technology in the classroom is more harmful to students.

好了，如果你認為課堂上的技術對學生的傷害更大，請豎起大拇指。

好的，很高興能得到你們的見解。

Listen, little secret I must admit, I've been teaching middle school for five years now and I have no idea whether technology in the classroom is the best thing in the world or the worst.

聽著，我必須承認一個小祕密，我教國中已經五年了，我不知道教室裡的技術是世界上最好的東西還是最壞的東西。

So, example, if I'm having students use cell phones to do some research, I'm always impressed when I see the kid who's got multiple tabs open, they're cross-referencing sources and citing information all at the same time, and I think, wow, technology in the classroom, what a valuable tool.

是以，舉例來說，如果我讓學生用手機做一些研究，當我看到孩子們打開多個標籤頁，同時交叉引用資料來源和資訊時，我總是印象深刻，我想，哇，課堂上的技術，多麼有價值的工具啊。

But then you see the kid who's streaming Netflix or literally doing a TikTok mid-class and I think, wow, technology in the classroom, what a needless distraction.

但是，當你看到那些在課堂上播放 Netflix 或在課間玩 TikTok 的孩子時，我就會想，哇，課堂上的科技，真是不必要的分心。

If my job as an educator is to do what's best for my students, in terms of technology, I don't know what's best for my students.

如果作為一名教育工作者，我的工作是為學生做最好的事，那麼在技術方面，我不知道什麼才是對學生最好的。

So, I did what everyone with the question does, I Googled it, right?

於是，我做了每個有這個問題的人都會做的事，我用谷歌搜索了一下，對嗎？

Long story short, Googling did not go well, kind of muddied the waters.

長話短說，谷歌搜索並不順利，有點把水攪渾了。

Turns out if you Google technology in education, you're going to find hundreds of articles that can convincingly argue both sides from every angle.

事實證明，如果你在谷歌上搜索 "教育中的技術"，你會發現數百篇文章從各個角度對正反兩方面進行了令人信服的論證。

But the key takeaway is this topic's debatable, right?

但關鍵的一點是，這個話題值得商榷，對嗎？

And if it's debatable, despite the countless and noble elements and missing pieces to the puzzle, there are three things that we know to be true about technology in regards to our students.

如果說這還有待商榷的話，儘管有無數高尚的因素和缺失的拼圖，但我們知道有三件事是關於學生的技術的真實情況。

Number one, we know that technology can be dangerous, right?

第一，我們知道技術可能會帶來危險，對嗎？

Schools face things like cyberbullying, it can bring problems out of the classroom into the classroom.

學校面臨著網絡欺凌等問題，它會把問題帶出教室，帶進課堂。

Whether it be academic dishonesty, right, technology can make it easier to cheat.

無論是學術不誠實，還是技術使作弊變得更容易。

And recent evidence suggests that technology can even mimic symptoms of addiction, which is concerning for a lot of reasons.

最近有證據表明，技術甚至可以模仿成癮的症狀，這令人擔憂，原因很多。

But either way, we know that technology is a minefield and we got to be careful.

但無論如何，我們都知道技術是一個雷區，我們必須小心謹慎。

The second thing we know, technology can be infinitely valuable.

我們知道的第二件事是，技術可以產生無限價值。

It can advance student learning in a way that no teacher or school could ever replicate.

它能以任何教師或學校都無法複製的方式促進學生的學習。

It can act as a vast reservoir of information that not only can turn any expert into a layman, or any layman into an expert, but can do so with a few short flips of the thumb, right?

它可以充當一個巨大的信息庫，不僅可以把任何專家變成門外漢，也可以把任何門外漢變成專家，而且只需拇指輕輕翻動幾下就能做到，不是嗎？

So number two, we know technology can be infinitely beneficial.

第二，我們知道技術可以帶來無限益處。

So if you're keeping score at home, we are tied up, it's one to one.

如果你們在家裡記分的話，我們打成平手，一比一。

We know technology is good, we know technology is bad, and admittedly, we're no closer to answering our question.

我們知道技術是好的，我們也知道技術是壞的，誠然，我們並沒有更接近於回答我們的問題。

But the third point that we know to be true about technology helps clear it up a little bit.

但是，我們所知道的關於技術的第三點卻有助於澄清這一點。

Third thing that we know is that technology isn't slowing down, in fact, it's speeding up.

我們知道的第三件事是，技術發展並沒有放緩，事實上，它正在加速。

It's safe to say that technology isn't a fad, like bottle flipping, doesn't have an expiration date, it's not going anywhere, and if that's the case, and you're a student in 2019, you were born sometime after the year 2000.

可以肯定地說，技術不是一種時尚，就像翻瓶子一樣，沒有過期，不會消失，如果是這樣的話，而你又是 2019 年的學生，那你應該是 2000 年以後出生的。

That makes 100% of our student body card-carrying members of Generation Z.

是以，我們的學生中 100%都是 Z 世代的成員。

Now, Generation Z is most commonly referred to as digital natives.

現在，Z 世代通常被稱為數字原生代。

And this term says it all, because their defining quality is the fact that they've never experienced the world without the internet, without cell phones, without complete access to the entire world.

這個詞說明了一切，因為他們的決定性特質是，他們從未經歷過沒有互聯網、沒有手機、無法完全接觸整個世界的世界。

And if that's the case, then that means that to our students, technology is less of a device that they possess, and more of an environment that they inhabit, right?

如果是這樣，那麼對我們的學生來說，技術就不再是他們擁有的設備，而更像是他們居住的環境，對嗎？

So hypothetically, if a school is experiencing cyber bullying issues, let's say, they may decide to ban technology, because the problem is clear, technology has a negative impact on student learning, and the solution is simple, no technology means no problems.

是以，假設一所學校遇到了網絡欺凌問題，比方說，他們可能會決定禁止使用技術，因為問題很明顯，技術會對學生的學習產生負面影響，而解決辦法也很簡單，沒有技術就意味著沒有問題。

But this solution's only temporary when you consider, eventually, that bell's going to ring, right?

但如果考慮到鈴聲最終還是會響起，那麼這種解決方案也只是暫時的，對嗎？

And at that point, students are going to leave the classroom, they're going to open their locker, they're going to take out their phones, and they're going to exit that safety bubble.

這時，學生們就會離開教室，打開儲物櫃，拿出手機，離開那個安全氣泡。

At that point, students are going to find themselves in a familiar digital environment with the same risks and dangers, but this time, maybe inexperienced and underprepared.

這時，學生們會發現自己置身於一個熟悉的數字環境中，面臨著同樣的風險和危險，但這一次，他們可能缺乏經驗，準備不足。

So when we re-examine the question, is technology more beneficial or harmful to our students, we realize that it's the wrong question to ask, because it doesn't matter if technology is more beneficial or harmful to our students.

是以，當我們重新審視 "技術對學生更有利還是更有害 "這個問題時，我們意識到這是一個錯誤的問題，因為技術對學生更有利還是更有害並不重要。

When we remember two things, number one, as schools and educators, our responsibility is to do what's best for our students, and our students have a device in their pocket that is both infinitely valuable and infinitely dangerous.

當我們記住兩件事時，第一，作為學校和教育工作者，我們的責任是為我們的學生做最好的事，而我們的學生口袋裡有一個既無限寶貴又無限危險的設備。

That's why it becomes clear that utilizing technology in the classroom is less of a choice and more of a responsibility, right?

是以，在課堂上使用技術顯然不是一種選擇，而是一種責任，不是嗎？

Because as educators, we're mentors, and that means it's our obligation to prepare students for the challenges of being digital natives.

因為作為教育者，我們是導師，這意味著我們有義務讓學生做好準備，迎接數字原生代的挑戰。

As teachers, we have students practice skills all the time, but navigating digital waters takes practice, too, and that's why it's our responsibility to be able to provide students with opportunities to develop their digital literacy skills and become lifelong independent learners.

作為教師，我們經常讓學生練習各種技能，但駕馭數字水域也需要練習，是以我們有責任為學生提供機會，培養他們的數字素養技能，讓他們成為終身獨立的學習者。