Internet and its benefits for learning and teaching

When I think about the cool stuffs in my life, the first thing that appears on my mind would be the internet. Why internet? For me, it eases me to do something. For example, when I want to send a letter, I no longer need a piece of paper, a pen, an envelope or a stamp. Just write what I want to write and send it by e-mail. I can minimize the time, and money. You can do many things by using internet. When you look for some information, you can use the internet. Internet has become a familiar thing for most people. 

But what is the internet?

The Internet is named for "interconnection of computer networks”. It is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks, of local to global scope, that are linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking technologies. The Internet carries an extensive range of information resources and services, such as the inter-linked hypertext documents and applications of the World Wide Web (WWW), the infrastructure to support email, and peer-to-peer networks for file sharing and telephony.

Maybe some of you think that internet is only for entertainment. But it is more than that. There's so many things about internet that we could never imagine. But what benefits we can earn from internet in educational side?

There are several ways in which the internet helps education. It makes education very accessible in that students can have access to a lot of information and learning materials. By using the internet also saves time for the students, making education and learning to be more time efficient. Internet also can help teachers in adding acknowledge, getting teaching references, etc. For full information: here

Teaching and learning activity is not only happening in a classroom, but it also can be done everywhere, including through internet. Here’s the example about teaching and learning through internet. The video is about a live English lesson with a native speaker on Skype. Check out the video!

So, still have a problem with learning? I bet you don’t.

Oh, by the way, here are some vocabularies that might help you understanding this posting:

Network: A group of two or more computer systems linked together.

Internet Protocol: The method or protocol by which data is sent from one computer to another on the Internet.

Hypertext documents: a form of writing documents that reference other documents and contains links that is activated will refer you to the documents stored in the internet. They are the form of writing that are highly used is web designing.

World Wide Web: A system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet.

Peer-to-peer networks: The computer systems which are connected to each other via the Internet.

  
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet )