Post #5

The Internet is an almost priceless resource for the modern day student. In this generation, with all of the technology available, books and publications are now being subscribed to via the Internet. There are thousands of instant resources available for students to access at any moment. Although it takes away an element of cherished hard work when students no longer must go into the library and check out a publication to do their research, I think the Internet is a wonderful, if somewhat lazy resource that is invaluable.

Web-based learning is also important for teachers. They can use it to show different clips that apply to their lesson plans. They can use it to educate themselves and keep up to date with different improvements in their subjects or just in education as a whole. Teachers can also use web-based resources as a home page to post homework assignments and reminders about important test dates.

One thing that does concern me though, wanting to be a high school teacher, is the accessibility of the Internet. Students now can Facebook or Twitter from their phones. They can Google and look up or be surfing the web during class and that is a very difficult aspect of technology to monitor. I also know how easy it is to fool a teacher when in a computer lab to think that you are doing your work when you are truly not. It would be devastating to have some type of hate crime or a nasty website to be pulled up by one of my students under my supervision. Thank goodness schools have controls set on sites that can and cannot be accessed on school property.