Internet, Its importance and uses in education
Internet
An importance of the internet as a learning tool is
significant. The development of internet technologies has raised the education
level in all countries and it has changed the way students are being taught at
schools. That’s why it is very importance for the present generation that they
provide internet education for their young generations.
MEANING OF INTERNET;
Internet applications respond to students and other people
question in real time. Students are seeing Google as a new Teacher and the
internet as a school. That’s why it is important for teachers to use information
technology in education. The internet has been crucial in the evolution of our
education system in various ways. Teachers can use the internet as a modern
tool; for education. Education department should provide the infrastructure
that teachers and student can use to get benefits of technology in education.
RELATION OF INTERNET AND EDUCATION:
Students are always curious and creative by nature. They are
smart enough to know how they can use the internet to search for almost
anything. It does not matter if they are studying at a private school or government school. But at
the same time, there is a difference in the ways they use the internet for
education in schools. In private schools, teachers will teach about computer
and internet skills to students.
The students note homework that needs to be
done related to that computer class. And do you know how some students do this?
They are forced to go to a cyber café with their parents to collect data that
they have to include in their assignments. This is not good. If students are
taking the help of cyber boy to collect the data for their homework I don’t
think these students learned anything in this process. But the one thing they do
learn is that money can work wonders anywhere.
SCOPE OF INTERNET IN EDUCATION:
The teaching process that schools are following is not good
and they need to use the internet as a tool, not the source. The source is a
student. Teachers need to explore the creativity in their student minds. And
then students can learn and solve problems using their own creativity and
innovation thinking and not by the direct work of parents/tuition. If necessary
the parents can help with encouragement but they should not do the homework
themselves. Completing the assignment given is not as important as the learning
process that a child goes through while doing it. It is essential for parents
to provide computer and internet facilities to their children. It is not that
easy for parents to pick up modern technology as fast as their children but it
is very importance that parents also know about the importance of computer
literacy and internet education.
In government school especially in India, the level of computer
and internet infrastructure is very low. I know government school or school in
village provide computer education only after 9th or 10th
class. With that little time too, a government school student barely gets to
learn much because there are 5-10 students who are
assigned a single computer. It is very difficult to learn this way. I agree
that this is the best time to teach them about the advanced computer skills but
this is not the way to do it. The lack of Information technology infrastructure
in school is a big question mark against
Government policies toward computer education. It feels bad to see on the news
that computer teachers are on strike again. This happens once a year.
IMPORTANCE OF INTERNET IN EDUCATION:
The Government must think, how computer teachers can teach
with low-quality IT infrastructure in government schools and a small salary?
According to the Hindu.com news, Government school teachers
are getting average Rs. 6,500 per month instead of Rs 10,000 prescribed by Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD). Here is the news from Odisha.
This is happening in other states too because states don’s have their own IT
infrastructure and they are providing computer education by utilizing the
services of private companies.
This is a big political game played by
politicians and industrialists who are interested in making money by misusing
the education system in the country. And the victims are students and teachers.
How can a teacher teach without tools? How can teacher/students learn and
practices? And that’s why parents are right if they admit their kids in private
schools. This whole scenario looks like a game played by politician and
industrialist for their personal interest at the cost of children’s interest
education in schools. The fees in these private schools are very high but the
parents have no other options if they want their children to learn about the
importance of the internet in education at schools.
I was the victim of these kinds of policies in my school
times. I was in the 12th class at that time when I started learning
about computers in BHS I feel proud that I got my fundamental education in that
school from great teachers. But do you know that I used the computer only 2
times in a year? One time was for typing and other second time was to play
spider solitaire cards game on a windows XP computer I always thought that the computer teachers was
responsible for what happened to me and other students in regard to computer
and internet education. But later I understood that it wasn’t the computer
teachers fault, it was because of our policy makers in India responsible for
the education system. That was the year 2002 and today 16 years have passed but
the level of computer education is still low in most of the schools in India.
But I saw the brighter and positive side recently.
when a few days ago I asked
my little cousin who is 9th class in the government school in a
village, what are you doing in mobile? He said, “ I am downloading games”. It’s
amazing to listen. He hasn’t studied computer and the internet in school yet
but he was downloading games like a pro. The similar task is done by 90% of
kids after 2 years of age. This is the power we need to understand there is
immense hidden potential and creativity in the youngest generation today. They
learn fast but are we giving them the best learning environment? Politicians
often use famous quotes or marketing lines such as:” students & children
are the future of India “ but how? Where? In strikes, writing and producing
anti-national slogans inspired by politicians? I hate such people who are
misguiding the youth in the wrong direction; even students don’t know what they
are doing because they are at a tender age.
There are thousands of things you can do on the internet.
Education should be the prime purpose I believe. Knowledge is everywhere and
the internet provides us the facilities so that we can across what was not
possible in the past at the click of a button today. That’s why it is important
to use the power of the internet in education to improve the talents of
students. Uses of internet in education.
Students can search what they want to learn about by the use
of Google or other search engines like Bing, Yahoo etc students can learn and
take online classes anytime and any where. Students can get tuition online and
they can watch videos on Youtube related to mathematics, English language,
physics or any other information about any topic related to their school
homework.
Teachers can use social media to connect with students and
share motivational quotes as well as subject related articles and notes.
Teachers can teach by the use of animation, power point slides, and images to
capture the student attention.
Teachers can record
their own lectures or topics on camera and upload them to Youtube.
Parents can also help children by watching the same topic on
the internet. They also can learn on the internet for their personal development
so that later they can contribute to their kid’s education. Here ides more
about it.
Parents can interact, communication or chat with teachers and
school authorities about their kid’s performance and attitude in school.
School principle,
teachers can create Facebook Groups to teach students. Here is more about it
students can post topic and can ask question about their topic on the Internet
to get advice from other teachers and others who are willing to teach.
Students can connect with other school students for the same
topic by the use of the internet.
CONCLUSION:
The internet in
education can play thousands of practical roles to improve talent in kids. But
this is only possible if we are going to teach our students what they really
need. You can’t explain an algebra lesson on Facebook but you can interact with
students about the topic. And government should pay some money for teachers to
use social media. The Internet in education can expand the knowledge of
students, teachers, and parents. Parents can analyzed what is most importance to
teach a kind in a particular time. Parents can research about the best career
for their kids. Teachers can research for creative ideas to teach students in
entertaining ways that capture the student’s attention and imagination.
Students can use the internet to convert their theoretical knowledge into
practical.
The internet provides the facilities for students to do experiments,
research, and development. We are aware that all of this is not that easy. But
learning and proper planning can help to speed up and improve the quality of our Indian Education System. Course and syllabus need to be updated by seeing the
demand for skills in Internet technology. The Internet is a computer technology
connected with millions of computers. It is like an artificial intelligence so
it means we have to teach students and people how to use it. The Internet is
full advantage but there are disadvantage too that we need to teach and those
need to be analyzed by the governments at the state and center level. The
Internet has changed OUR LIVING STYLE IN A BIG WAY. And it is because we all
are connected with Artificial Intelligence.
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