How is the internet changing the classroom?

I recently spent a day in a fourth grade classroom. With Ed Media fresh in my mind, I took this opportunity to ask these teachers (with 20 years of experience) what changes they had seen over the last 15 years with technology being more and more integrated into the classroom. One thing they said was the vast amount of resources there now is for teachers. Simply google any topic and thousands will come up. Tons of lesson ideas and even entire thematic units already prepared! Another thing they talked about was how the internet is changing students' research. Now students automatically go to the computer when they need information. Both of the teachers said they still have students get information from traditional resources as well, such as encyclopedias and informational books. They still felt it was important to learn the process of finding information that way.
Growing up in a time where the internet was revolutionizing the world, I saw changes in my education. I saw more and more emphasis on computer education. When I was in lower elementary we simply had Library time once a week, but as I got older, it shifted to Library and Media time. As I got to junior high, it became required to do powerpoint presentations and take some computer application courses. In high school classes, we started doing webquests of sorts and relied heavily on the internet to do research. To put things in perspective, the girl I babysit who is only 10 comes home from school and yells to her neighbor to get online so they can play in an online arcade! There is no denying that the internet is changing our world!

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