I have found that the Internet has changed dramatically over the last ten years or so. When I wanted to know facts about something I went to the library and checked out a book. I then had to read said book to get the information that I needed. Today that is what we have search engines like Google and Bing for. With these search engines a world of information is at our finger tips in an instant. My children will ask me what do this or that mean and I find my self telling them to Google it if they want to know. Children as early as second grade are doing research projects and having to use the Internet to find facts to support their research. Most kindergarten and prek classrooms are also equipped with computers and the children are allowed to access programs on the Internet with teacher supervision. Children are also starting keyboarding classes as early as prek so that they can be more productive on the computer.
We live in a society that cannot function without technology. Some of the most powerful computers that are produced are carried around in our pockets. Yes, I am talking about our cell phones. When computers were first released, one computer took up an entire floor of an office building. Now they fit into the palm of our hands. Technology and the easy at which we have access to it controls our world along with our classrooms. It is amazing that so many years of research can be available to anyone in the world at any time of the day with just the click of a few buttons.
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