Lesson 15: The Internet and Education

Internet,

- also simply called the Net,

- it is the largest and far-firing network system-of-all-system.

-originally developed and still subsidized by the United State government

-connect not only commercial, industrial, scientific establishments

It connect to all the sectors including education and libraries, campuses and computer centers.

How is everything coordinated through the Internet?

This is done through a standardized protocol called Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol(TCP/IP).

   To gain access to the internet the computer must be equipped with what is called a Server which has a special software (program) that uses the Internet protocol.

Getting around the Net

           The vast sea of information now in the Internet, including news and trivia, is an overwhelming challenge to those who wish to navigate it. In everyday, the internet continue to grow, it is continuously developed to tour the Internet.

          Browsing is the most attractive way to move around the Internet. A program, which is browser, can use a mouse to point and click on screen icons to surf the Internet,  The web or  an Internet' s subset of text, images ,and sounds are linked together to allow users to access data or information need.

The future of the Internet seems limitless. Already its complexity has spawned and continues to spawn Net sites including new demand for services to business, industries, science, government and even homes. Many experts predict that the Internet is destined to become the centerpiece of all online communications on the planet and in some future time in the solar system using interplanetary satellite communication stations.

A view of  educational uses of the Internet

                Educational software materials have also developed both in sophisticated and appeal. There is now a wider choice from rote arithmetic or grammar lesson to discovery and innovation projects. But the real possibility today is connecting with the world outside homes, classrooms, and Internet cafes. And today schools are gearing up to take advantage of Internet access, where they can plug into the Library of Congress, make virtual visits to famous museums in the world, write to celebrities and even send questions to heads of states.

Reflection:

                I beleive that Internet is very imporant in education because it helps the learner and the teacher, it always help us in our research, also if where going to communicate to others. It has a big role in education and in community.