Recently, computers are being used in most of the current jobs students will be taking on in the future. Computers are known to make many tasks easier and faster to perform while still being accurate. For instance, computers are being used in finance, business, education, and medical fields. With this, students should be taught at least the basic skills that they will need in the future.
There are several reasons why computer literacy should be considered as a requirement: First, computers make the student learning process easier. Second, these machines are used in almost all working fields. Finally, technological developments depend mostly on computers.
A computer is an important tool for learning. Students can write their school paper using computers. They can conveniently look-up information using the Internet. If students, for example, were asked to write a paper about pollution, but they do not know the meaning of the word, they could use a search engine to search for its meaning.
They will find different information from the definition of the word, to the types of solutions to prevent pollution from happening. They can also find recently published studies on pollution as well as new techniques for its prevention. All these information can be found easily if the student was taught how to use the computer and on how to use search engines. This will be useful for them in their future.
Finally, the massive improvements in computer technology invite us to utilize it in the field of education in an innovative way. It is a must that students possess the basic knowledge of using computers in order to cope up with this development. An example for this massive improvement is the newly developed way for communication such as using the web camera to communicate via computers as well as through smart phones.
It is not exaggerated to say that those who do not know how to use computers are ill equipped for the future. We definitely have to make computer literacy a requirement for high school graduation.