The Importance of Computer Literacy in Education

The development of the modern day computer is the result of advances in technology. Today, nearly every student has a computer because a computer is very useful in education.

Using the computer gives us easy access to information via the Internet at the click of a button. Besides that, we can find any information we need to know via the Internet. This information could be from books, newspapers and magazines and they can be found in websites and webblogs. Anybody with Internet access can upload and key-in information, whether it is reliable or not. So we must be careful when we make use of the information found online.

Nowadays the computer has become very important to everyone. Its advantages are immense, for example, the computer has a wealth of information. It contains many text documents and millions of videos and pictures that can help us to learn more. We can therefore get more data from a source besides books. So we could buy a computer and have Internet connection instead of buying millions of books to get information.

With the computer which has Internet access, we can also learn with students from other places. They need not be in the same class or school or country. With an e-mail account, we can share information about what we learn in school. We can also exchange examination papers. By sharing information, we will know more about education in other countries. We can also learn from the experiences of others.
The computer is like our assistant. We can carry out research for assignments, essays and reports. The information can be stored, edited and retrieved easily. Without Internet access, the computer can be used to make our assignments, essays and reports look more professional, if we decide to print out our work, rather than write by hand.

Thus, the computer is very important in the life of a student. Every student should have one, and get assess to the Internet. We should be computer literate to become better students today.