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21st Century Learning

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As technology evolves, the education systems change. Learning is not as difficult or temporary as it was in the older eras. Classes used to be just teacher-centered. Teachers would lecture all day, teach their students only grammar. Students would participate in the lessons seldomly and their speaking skills were not advanced. Textbooks were the only source they benefited from. Students did their homework just to get a high grade. But in the  21 st  century things have changed. Technology has become a part of education. Computers, slides, videos, applications and online games help students to learn the lessons more easily. Photo taken from here Classes are student-centered now. Students can freely express their ideas, participate in the lessons. They create new things, not just sit in the classroom and listen to the lesson. Another point is, the lessons are not all about grammar nowadays. Students are aware of the important topics, such as global warming, ...