The Internet as a Tool for Education

So, as we are living in the year 2010, I am pretty sure that just about everyone has had a taste of the internet. Whether they use it on a regular basis for work, entertainment, research, school, etc, there is no doubt that it is a valuable resource. The internet makes all of the necessary information that anyone could possibly need accessible by just the click of a button. Who goes to the libraries anymore? Poor libraries… Besides the one at school that I have to use for classes sometimes, I couldn’t tell you the last time I have visited a library. As an educational tool, however, the internet has numerous uses. Students have a quick way of e-mailing their teachers. We can get assignments even if we weren’t in class. Individuals who work full time and are busy taking care of their families or whatever can even take online classes in their own time from the comfort of their home. I know that I take advantage of this luxury. I can’t even imagine how people got by in school – middle school, high school, or higher education – without the internet. According to my findings on this subject (which I found on the internet) both parents and students both agree that it is a tremendously helpful tool for schoolwork. In fact, one of the websites I found conducted a study on this and made a claim that 94% of youth ages 12-17 who have Internet access say they use the Internet for school research and 78% say they believe the Internet helps them with schoolwork. As for other opinions, 87% of parents of online teens believe that the Internet helps students with their schoolwork and 93% believe the Internet helps students learn new things. For more interesting statistics that I found from this study, click here.