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The Internet and Education

The document discusses how the Internet can be used for education. It provides definitions of the Internet and describes how it allows students to communicate globally, gain knowledge from others, and participate in online discussions. Teachers can benefit by using the Internet to support varied learning styles and pace in their classrooms. While the Internet provides vast information resources and communication tools, it also poses disadvantages like inaccurate information, online predators, and overuse leading to sedentary lifestyles.

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The Internet and Education

The document discusses how the Internet can be used for education. It provides definitions of the Internet and describes how it allows students to communicate globally, gain knowledge from others, and participate in online discussions. Teachers can benefit by using the Internet to support varied learning styles and pace in their classrooms. While the Internet provides vast information resources and communication tools, it also poses disadvantages like inaccurate information, online predators, and overuse leading to sedentary lifestyles.

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Lesson 16

THE INTERNET AND EDUCATION

Have you already tried to research for a certain topic in your subject and you don't have any
idea where to find it?

Perhaps in our high school year since we are not oriented yet on how internet can be a big
help for us in our day-to-day school activity, we find it a hard time to search for a particular
book in the library with only brief and hanging information but now it’s a different story
because the academe already introduces us the Internet.

What is Internet?

"A computer network consisting of a worldwide


network of computer networks that use the
TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data
transmission and
exchange"(www.Google.com).

The Internet is a global system of


interconnected computer networks that use the
standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to serve
several billion users worldwide.

The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the
inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide Web (WWW), the infrastructure to
support email, and peer-to-peer networks.

How does the Internet educate the learners/ students?

There is so much that students can do with the Internet. Not only can they communicate
with international students, they can gain from others' knowledge and experiences,
participate in chat rooms, share ideas and solutions and learn about the many diverse
cultures out there.

While the Internet does a lot for students, there are also benefits for parents and teachers.
The interactive learning that the Internet provides can help students and parents with little
or no English skills to learn English. Parents can become more involved in their children's
education by connecting the school with homes, libraries or other access ports.

Teachers can adjust to the different learning styles and in the classroom. They can also set
their own pace of teaching. Individual teaching techniques can become more available,
which has been proven to be a factor in student achievement.
How useful the Internet is? The
advantage and disadvantage.

Advantages:

1) Information on almost every subject


imaginable.
2) Powerful search engines.
3) Ability to do research from your
home versus research libraries.
4) Information at various levels of
study. Everything from scholarly articles to ones directed at children.
5) Message boards where people can discuss ideas on any topic. Ability to get wide range
of opinions. People can find others that have a similar interest in whatever they are
interested in.
6) the internet provides the ability of emails. Free mail service to anyone in the country.
7) Platform for products like SKYPE, which allow for holding a video conference with
anyone in the world who also has access.
8) Friendships and love connections have been made over the internet by people involved in
love/passion over similar interests.
9) Things such as Yahoo Answers and other sites where kids can have readily available help
for homework.
10) News, of all kinds is available almost instantaneously. Commentary, on that news, from
every conceivable viewpoint is also available.

Disadvantages:

1) There is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can post anything, and much
of it is garbage.
2) There are predators that hang out on the internet waiting to get unsuspecting people in
dangerous situations.
3) Some people are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing problems with their
interactions of friends and loved ones.
4) Pornography that can get in the hands of young children too easily.
5) Easy to waste a lot of time on the internet. You can start surfing, and then realize far more
time has passed than you realized. Internet and television together of added to the more
sedentary lifestyles of people which further exacerbate the obesity problem.
6) Internet has a lot of "cheater" sites. People can buy essays and pass them off as their
own far more easily than they used to be able to do.
7) There are a lot of unscrupulous businesses that have sprung up on the internet to take
advantage of people.
8) Hackers can create viruses that can get into your personal computer and ruin valuable
data.
9) Hackers can use the internet for identity theft.
10) It can be quite depressing to be on the internet and realize just how uneducated so many
people have become in today's society.

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