Emily LiJeremy LakoffENG 16/16/2014Dehumanization of StudentsTechnology has become such an important part of every aspect of most students' daily lives. Regardless of generation, people are constantly losing the sense of what it means to be human. This happens because we have tools that do not allow us to think for ourselves. Instead, these tools do the thinking for us, as technology changes the way we think. These effects affect not only adults, but especially students and teachers. The role of technology plays a significant role in the dehumanization of students. The role technology plays is to dehumanize students, making them less social and ineffective. What role does technology play in a school environment? There are many ways to answer this question, including through studies conducted by these scholarly sources. These studies will be closely examined through the use of technology in schools. There are many tools that numb humans into believing that technological advancements are all we have. What is the meaning of “dehumanization”? In this case, it means that an individual is trapped in their human characteristics and this makes them mechanical. There are many factors that we have not yet noticed, because technology has already started to dehumanize us. In this case, we are more inclined to become one with technology, as emails, tablets, iPhones and laptops have dominated our modern world, making us virtually available. technology dehumanizes students in an educational environment. Students turn into machines, because their paper hearts......include parental involvement, socio-political events, policy making and technology. "(Espinoza 32) From here, we primarily want to recognize that technology is also part of what shapes and influences students. Yet our concerns are about how technology affects students? "One of the effects of technology is that Millennials will exhaust themselves searching for information electronically before they will seek and ask an authority figure (Espinoza 31) Technology makes students less self-reliant Students work less hard because. that they are immobilized by the computer Computers are becoming smarter than students and, today, students cannot perform simple searches without having to use Google as a resource. Students are connected to technology, which creates ineffective learning because the information is not absorbed but remains temporarily in the mind..