The Internet and Education
- 1. The Internet and Education
- 2. The Internet, also simply called the Net, is the largest and fur-flung network system-of-all-systems. Surprisingly, the internet is not really a network but a loosely organized collection of about 25,000 networks accessed by computers on the planet. It is astonishingly to know that no one owns the Internet. It has no central headquarters, no centrally offered services, and no comprehensive online index to tell to users what information is available in the system. Networks that led to the Internet The history of the Internet begins with the development of electronic computers in the 1950s. Initial concepts of packet networking originated in several computer science laboratories in the United States, Great Britain, and France. The US Department of Defense awarded contracts as early as the 1960s for packet network systems, including the development of the ARPANET (which would become the first network to use the Internet Protocol.) The first message was sent over the ARPANET from computer science Professor Leonard Kleinrock's laboratory at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) to the second network node at Stanford Research Institute (SRI).
- 3. This is done through standardized protocol called Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). To gain access to the internet, the computer must equipped with what is called a Server which has a special software (program) that uses the internet protocol. The internet connects not only commercial, industrial, scientific establishments but all other sectors including education and its libraries, campuses, and computer centers.
- 4. Getting Around The Net The vast sea of information now in the Internet, including news and trivia, is an overwhelming challenge to those who wish to navigate it. Everyday, the Net user- population and the available information continue to grow, and new ways are continuously being developed to tour the Internet. The most attractive way to move around the internet is called browsing. Using a program called a browser, the user can use a mouse to point and click on screen icons to surf the Internet, particularly the World Wide Web, an Internet’s subset of text, images, and sounds are linked together to allow users to access data or information needed.
- 7. Educational software materials have also developed both in sophistication and appeal. There is now a wider choice from rote arithmetic or grammar lessons to discovery and innovation projects. But the real possibility today is connecting with the world outside homes, classrooms, and Internet cafes. And today schools are gearing up to take advantage of Internet access, where they can plug into the Library of Congress, make virtual visits to famous museums in the world, write to celebrities, and even sends questions to heads of states.
- 12. Many experts predict that the internet is destined to become the centerpiece of online communications on the whole universe. But prayer will always be our centerpiece of communication with Jesus.
- 13. Prepared by: Joyce Ann Marinas, Florence Uton, Vivien Pastores