The internet in my opinion is, without doubt, one of the greatest inventions of our time. Just by the touch of your finger you can reach the world and, therefore, it has revolutionized the way we live today. It gives us access to almost unlimited information and by thus we can communicate with people all over the world thereby creating an online community unheard of only a few years ago.
When it comes to our classrooms, the internet should play a significant role. Instead of relying just on textbooks, dictionaries, magazines, tapes and videos, teachers can now use the web as a tool for additional resources. Students can do research with this new technology, share information with their classmates and communicate with experts on subjects they are studying as well as publish their work for all to read. Students can now e-mail their teachers for further instructions and guidance from anywhere they are in the world and this is also applicable for teachers as well.
Many students, even those who are very young, view the internet as fun, creative, challenging and interesting. We as teachers should tap into our students’ fascination with the web and use it constructively as a learning tool that will ultimately broaden their horizon and enable them to adapt to the rapidly changing technological world in which they live.
Today students must be computer literate because the computer/web is the wave of the future without which the students will be unable to function or compete in this age of technology.
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