modern technology

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of educational media on the academic achievement and creativity of secondary school students in the Qare-Chai district.The present study is applied in terms of purpose and is semi-experimental in terms of its method, which uses pre-test-post-test design with control group. The diagram below is presented below: The statistical population of this study consisted of 284 secondary school students in Qarehaye district of Kondab city in the academic year of 1998-98. Our sample consisted of 60 secondary school students in the Qare-Chai district of Khondab city in the academic year of 1998-1999 selected randomly and purposefully. Among the sample classes included 3 classes of 20 people. The data were collected using the Torrance Creativity Questionnaire and academic achievement test. Validity of questionnaires through face and content validity; and reliability using Cronbach's alpha for total creativity, fluidity scale, flexibility scale, ingenuity, and elaboration were 87%, 87%, 0.81, 37% and 70%, respectively. Has been reported. To analyze the data in the descriptive statistics section, frequency, mean and standard deviation were used and inferential statistics were used for multivariate analysis of covariance. Findings of the research showed that there is a significant difference between creativity scores and its components in the pre-test and post-test stages, and there is a significant difference between the scores of academic achievement in the pre-test and post-test stages. Therefore, new technology and e-learning can be used to increase creativity and improve students' academic performance.

The present paper seeks to study the place of thinking as well as the impact of modern technology on promotion of thinking at schools. It first briefly reviews a number of well-known theories about modern technology and its effects on people’s lives and attitudes. Then the components of educational technology are briefly discussed and the mentioned theories of modern technology are applied to educational technology to see how educational technology affects different aspects of students’ lives، particularly their process of learning thinking at school. The place and importance of thinking and its promotion at the schools are also discussed. The paper concludes that educational technology does not contribute to the development of thinking abilities and does not pay attention to the students’ thinking when dealing with important issues of their lives. Therefore، it is necessary to rethink current educational technology and this adds to the significance of programs like ‘philosophy for children’.