3. Internet?
Internet is auniversal system of computer networks that are
interconnected to serve millions or even billions of people
around the world.
4. POSITIVE INFLUENCE
Public school children who had access to home
computers used them on average of three or four days
a week, and over 85% of children with home
computers used them for educational purposes
(Macho,2007).
5. Internet is “an ocean of information”.
Millions of pages of information are
accessible by a single click.
7. o They can;
share information
discuss on particularsubject
Forexample,
Student can discuss his or her homework with
friends anywhere in the world.
Teachers can also contact parents or
guardianseasily using internet.
8. Internet is the world largest library
Can read books and other resources which are not availableat
school library
Reduce the demand for school library
For instance,
libraries on different subjects, books, newspapers,
journals, magazines, speeches and other resources are available
on the website http://www.libraryspot.com(Ralph, 2003).
LIBRARY
e- library/online- library
9. A single keyword/phrase will provide
All the related books and other resourcesavailable
name of the book
author and the content of thebook
cover page
number of pages
exact location of the book
library
Search for books and otherresources
10. check the new books arrived
his or her currentloans
over due dates
reserve books
request for new books
library
Search for books and otherresources
11. ONLINE EDUCATION
There are many websites of different universitiesprovide
lecturers and tutorials on differentsubjects
Students can download these lecturers and tutorials
People from any part of the world can join onlinecourses
Many universities are finding ways to bring the benefit of the
classroom into a distance-learning setting (Arsham, 2002).
12. ONLINERESUL
TS
some academic institutions provide online resultsfor
their students
enables to check their results in anywhere if internet
access is available
For example : Edexcel
13. HELPFULFORTEACHERS
helpful for teachers to get information
there are many academic websites forteachers
helps to prepare the lesionnotes
helps to prefer more effective teachingtechniques
can communicate with other teachers and experts around the world and can
share ideas
exchange resources
download past papers, marking schemes, specimen papers, lesion notes etc.
power point presentations are readilyavailable
14. Academic games & exercises
For example, there are many academic games on thewebsite,
www.gudli.com
like puzzles, grammar games, vocabulary gamesetc.
Students spend a lot of time enjoying academic gamesand
exercises
helps to improve vocabulary, spellings, grammar andgeneral
knowledge of students
17. NEGATIVEINFLUENCE
Students fail to identify what is appropriate and valuable tothem
They use what they find rather than evaluating thesources
More dependent on theinternet
Access to internet for some academic purpose, but may spend timeson
something else
E.g. Access to unethical or unwanted information orwebsites
Students hack the school website, steal the examination papers andput
them on internet thateveryone can see it.
18. How to stop misuse ofinternet?
supervise
tell them what is appropriate and what isnot
to block unwanted websites
maintain an internet filters