La educación y la tecnología son dos de los ámbitos que más influyen en la vida de nuestros alumnos. En esta sección, algunos estudiantes de 2º de Bachillerato tratan de contestar a dos cuestiones de de gran actualidad: "¿siguen siendo los exámenes el mejor método para evaluar las capacidades del alumnado?" y "¿Cómo están transformando las nuevas tecnologías nuestras habilidades sociales?" A través de sus puntos de vista, podemos reflexionar sobre las ventajas e inconvenientes de ambas realidades.
Are exams an effective way to measure students'abilities?
By Mario González Ballesteros.2º Bach A.
Exams are known as the standard way of measure in order to show if the student has learnt and studied the subject which is being asked for in the test.
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However, currently, there are many ways to prove this, so many students wonder if it would be posible to change this system so that exams aren't the main way of testing. This is because there are so many factors that could make exams not as good as it is believed, due to factors such as having a bad teacher or the lack of clarity on the way of correction.
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On the other hand, it is true that doing works instead of exams can be easily cheated with AI. So even though as a student I prefer doing works, I know the main disadvantage of it and exams could be easier to manage. In addition, AI wouldn't be a problem if those works were done in class, but it would waste a lot of time of classes.
Is technology making us less socially skilled?
Alberto Almuedo Cózar. 2º Bach A.
We live in a society where children are practically born with phones in front of them, where teenagers hate calling and prefer texting each other rather than having an actual chat. An era in which ChatGPT may have written the text that your ex has sent you to break up. As a result, we may wonder: is technology making us less socially skilled?
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On one hand, many apps such as Tinder or Bumble have appeared to avoid certain kinds of social interactions, in this scenario, first dates. Those apps could be a sign of the decrease of our abilities.
On the other hand, new generations are developing some non-written rules, such as not answering a message with a thumb emoji (it would be rude), or reacting to the last text with a heart to avoid making the other person feel bad thinking you’ve ignored them.
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In conclusion, nowadays digitalisation is changing the ways we interact with each other. Some things are getting easier but overall it is getting more complex. People are living the birth of a new and difficult series of social interactions, making them not less, but more skilled than before.
Are exams an effective way to measure students' abilities?
Javier Madrid Cardo.2º Bach A.
Exams are used all over the world to measure students' knowledge in a specific field. Since we start school until we finish university, our skills are measured by exams, and these exams decide our future, but are the exams truly the best way to evaluate students' abilities?
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The exam evaluation has some setbacks. The most obvious one is that students can cheat, and if they are not discovered, their mark will be the same as the mark of someone who has studied and really knows about the subject. Moreover, there are cases in which students who have prepared themselves very well for the exam get so nervous that they cannot show their true skills in the exam.
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However, these cases are very specific because in important exams copying is almost impossible, and students train their focus to avoid getting nervous. So, after all, exams are, in the majority of the cases, the best way and the most fair one to measure the students' abilities.
To conclude, I believe that despite the fact that sometimes exams are unfair, it is the most effective way to evaluate the students' abilities in any field.
Is technology making us less socially skilled?
Lucía Rodríguez Quiles. 2º Bach A.
We live in a world where most people communicate through social media. However, it is undeniable that it has affected our way to express ourselves, making us less social and less conscious about other people's emotions.
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Firstly, empathy should be taken into consideration. Many users through social media ignore this value and post comments that could harm other people's feelings. This empathy is the key of good relationships between people.
Not only that, but it also affects our communication skills. It is frequent to confuse information in a text because of the way it is written. Therefore, it can lead to misunderstandings with friends or family that could be avoided if you talk face-to-face.
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Taking everything into consideration, I believe that although technology has given us some advantages in many ways, such as fast information or communication, it has also changed in a bad way our communication skills. So, avoid texting when you can talk in person.
Are exams an effective way to measure students'abilities?
José Mellado Prado. 2º Bach A.
As students, we all suffer the nerves before an exam. We are constantly doing them during our learning process as they are used to determine whether a student is worth or not for our society. However, is this the correct way to do it?
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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, transport, communication, buildings and medicine have evolved to a more modern and effective way, and they bear no resemblance to how they used to be. Nevertheless, if you enter a school you can see exactly the same image that a hundred years ago. There hasn’t been an innovation in how we teach, and consequently, there hasn’t been any improvement in the system.
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In addition, we have the certainty that this system often fails to measure the real student’s abilities, as there are a large amount of cases in which the student who didn’t succeed in school has turned out to be a genius and has contributed with important things to society.
In conclusion, we must ask ourselves if this system based on exams is the best way to evaluate the students and proceed to do an exhaustive revision of the current state of the learning process.
