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BOON or BANE?
**“There are always two sides of a coin…”**, as it is always observed in the nature and around us, every good thing has its bad side. Every benefit has its weighted disadvantages. It is for us, humans, to weigh in and look at how to maximize benefits while mitigating or lessening disadvantages.

 In science world, this principle can be expressed by Isaac Newton’s Law, in every action there is reaction, there is equal and opposite reaction. Every action has its reaction every movement create a waves that tend to prompt other events. In the field of educational technology, action and reaction is very much possible.

 **BOON:** When a computer is used for home works, research works or knowledge references, it is said to be a boon. When certain educational materials such as mass media are used for positive purposes to gain good benefits, it is a boon.

 **BANE:** When educational technology is used in unwise manner, it is a bane. When the students used the computer to watch pornography videos, it is a bane. Any materials that are use for negative purposes and with no good benefits to the students, education is said to be bane.