Internet Madness

I was excited to see that chapter 7 was based on introducing the internet and other distance learning tools because that is what our world has become consumed with. Don’t get me wrong, the internet is a wonderful learning tool for all ages, but call me old fashioned sometimes I also can’t stand it. In ways it is positive for our society, but our society today has also taken it to a whole different level to where I think it has completely made people lazy and not as inspired to find out new knowledge based on their own skills and motivation. I will be the first to say, I do use the internet in my class as a learning tool as well as a reward some days. However, when I got out my dictionary one day for my class and me to look up a word, a child asked why don’t we just look it up on the internet. I explained to him that we do not need to use the internet for everything when we can use other resources as well and I wanted to teach them how to use a dictionary anyways! I think the internet has also damaged our line of communication. I would rather meet someone and talk one afternoon rather than e-mailing 15 times back and forth. Although, I know sometimes this is just not the ideal situation such as if 2 people are in separate states or even cities. Obviously, I could go on and on about my opinion on the internet in today’s world, but I will save that for a later time. There are many advantages and disadvantages to the internet and all of the resources that go along with it; I just think people need to use it to there advantage when needed and in moderation.