Technology advances currently is growing rapidly. Technology has developed from time to time and the level of sophistication is getting higher. With this sophistication of technology, it provides convenience in various aspects of life. Like in the movie, Searching (2018) which tells the story of a father (David Kim) who used technological sophistication to help find his missing daughter (Margot).Â
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From this movie, a father (David Kim) showed his smartness in finding his daughter through a track record on a laptop. Like hacking his daughter account, browsing comment posts, chat rooms, and contacting her daughter friends or followers. Technology tools used consist of applications, social media and software. Like Imessage, the messaging service that father used to contact his daughter, Facetime which is a video chat service, Google Maps to search route that is passed by his daughter, Youcast a video sharing application used by Margot to tell stories or confide in her life. Also, social media such as Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter are used by the father for stalking about his daughter.
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These technological tools are closely related in the field of education. Application such as Facetime which make the people can connect to each other from smartphone or laptop. Especially in the current situation of pandemic, which makes all activities, including education, carried out online. For this reason, this kind of application is very helpful to support learning that is carried out well even though it is online.
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In addition, social media can now be used as a forum for discussion and dissemination of student learning materials. There are many a group feature that makes it easier for students to discuss with each other and allows them to distribute learning materials in the form of pictures, videos, and voice messages. In addition, social media can now be used as a learning medium to convey material through short videos that are packaged in an interesting and fun way.
However, the development of technology today does not escape from the negative impacts, one of which is in the field of education. At this moment, information can be easily accessed by anyone, which can cause a lot of cheating to occur. In addition, this increasingly advanced technology can consist incorrect or inaccurate information is spread easily and quickly. For that, we need to be selective and make the best use of technology.
