Internet Issues
The Internet is a wide network of computers around the world. It allows many computers to communicate and share information, with few physical boundaries. It has become an integral part of today's society. Today, almost everyone in the US can access the Internet. It is a valuable asset for people doing research as well as new form of entertainment for many people addicted to the world wide web.
With this great advancement in technology, many people are signing up for accounts with ISP's and people wait in line at their local libraries, just to surf the web. The Internet has become so accessible and so high in demand, that now even pocket organizers come equipped with 33.6 KBPS modems so that people can connect to the Internet from any location in the world with a phone line. This new technology, however is not without its shortcomings. In fact people are constantly praising it, that they don't always realize the pitfalls of the Internet.
Many people go on the Internet every day to do research or to catch up on current events. However, one must realize that no one owns the Internet and therefore it is difficult for one organization to control it. This makes it very easy for people to release false information and to spread propaganda, with almost no laws to stop them. Even though there are laws restricting people as to what may be posted on the Internet, the Internet is so large that no one can really enforce all the laws. It may take years for a government agency to find a site with illegal content. A government also cannot control a site's content if the site is located on a computer outside the physical boundaries of the country. Also, anyone wishing to spread a rumor can do so by e-mail and the false information will spread around the world like wildfire. Thousands of users logged into the Internet everyday access information via e-mail, newsgroups, world wide web pages and many other ways, but how much of the information they access can be trusted to be true. It has always been a good rule of thumb to only trust corporate or government sites, but what if it were them who also spread false information. And why shouldn't they? They have nothing to lose by spreading rumors about their competitors, after all.
... to do. I favor parts of Dewey’s philosophy because it is a hands-on approach to learning. However, I believe that the students need instruction. I believe that everyone can be educated to the furthest of their abilities if given the proper tools to learn. There is no shame in vocational schooling because society as a whole needs people for every job. Plowing a field is just as important as writing poetry, and some people are destined for both. Overall, with philosophers like Froebel, Dewey and Dewey, Strike and Soltis, and DuBois, I have gained knowledge that I will take with me forever and apply in my classrooms.
What is the Internet? The Internet is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communications facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communcation protocols.
The distance of 5km, is it truly the disparity between affluence and indigence? Although they only live 5km apart from each other, the “apartheid’s children”, Sylvia and Nameurena live in contrasting worlds. Sylvia lives in the Alexandra township, without a mother or father for protection or comfort. On the other hand, Nameurena lives in a private home with her family just outside of Alexandra, where she enjoys the luxury she would’ve never been able to if apartheid was still in effect. Consequently, the two black South African girls evidently demonstrate distinctive individual development and identity. Although the Afrikaner government has long since been taken down, apartheid is still not over for thousands of black South Africans living in poverty; therefore it is vital for young students to maintain their own individuality.
Waks, L. (2013). John Dewey and the Challenge of Progressive Education. International Journal of Progressive Education. [Online] 9 (1), 73-83. Available from: http://www.tandfonline.com.atlas.worc.ac.uk/doi/pdf/10.1080/03004279.2013.819618 [Accessed 6 December 2013].
..." Dewey encouraged cooperative social organization, association and exchange among teachers as a substitute for supervision, critic teaching and technical training.
For the most part, current high schools are not adequately preparing students to fulfill Dewey’s envisioned society because they follow irrelevant curricula, ignore the liberal arts, and place students in unfavorable settings. Dewey calls for an educational system which highlights problem solving and analysis, but high schools today simply fall short of that.
Dewey's educational theories were presented in his book ‘Democracy and Education’ (1916). Dewey’s thesis is that “education and learning are social and interactive processes, and thus the school itself is a social institution through which social reform can and should take place” (Field, 2001. p.3). In addition, he believed that students bloom in an environment where they are allowed to experience and interact with the curriculum, and where all
Dewey started off as a Hegelian idealist, but changed from idealism to experimentalism, which studied the human mind and real life issues, and which emphasized the ways in which human intelligence may be applied to the solution of real problems in real life.
Dewey’s philosophy of pragmatism and his creation of progression education, simply emphasize the need to learn by doing (Rivera-Castro). His idea that children learn best by doing and exploring the environment around them plays well into Greene’s idea of being wide-awake and allowing teachers and students to create
Dewey wrote that “the tragic weakness of the present school is that it endeavors to prepare future members of the social order in a medium in which the conditions of the social spirit are eminently wanting” (SSCC, 15). The conditions wanting were democracy, rational judgment conducive of the scientific method, and a conception of experience that recognizes the continuous nature of ends as means of further action.
The Internet is an outgrowth of a military program called "ARPANET," which began in 1969. The ARPANET no longer exists, and today the Internet is an international network of interconnected computers. The Internet is "a unique and wholly new medium of worldwide human communication." People can access the Internet from many different sources, several major national "online services" such as America Online, or CompuServe provide access to their own networks as well as broader li...
The Internet is a global network connecting millions of personal, institutional and company computers. The number of computers used by the internet is growing rapidly. The United States is connected with over 100 countries worldwide and linked together to exchange of data, news and opinions. The Internet is decentralized design. This means that there isn't just one computer that stores all of the information from the Internet. There are many independent host servers located throughout the US and the world that store the information made available to the global Internet community.
Dewey, John, and Reginald D. Archambault. John Dewey on education; selected writings.. New York: Modern Library, 1964. Print.
The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications world like nothing before. The Internet enables communication and transmission of data between computers at different locations. The Internet is a computer application that connects tens of thousands of interconnected computer networks that include 1.7 million host computers around the world. The basis of connecting all these computers together is by the use of ordinary telephone wires. Users are then directly joined to other computer users at there own will for a small connection fee per month. The connection conveniently includes unlimited access to over a million web sites twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There are many reasons why the Internet is important these reasons include: The net adapts to damage and error, data travels at 2/3 the speed of light on copper and fiber, the internet provides the same functionality to everyone, the net is the fastest growing technology ever, the net promotes freedom of speech, the net is digital, and can correct errors. Connecting to the Internet cost the taxpayer little or nothing, since each node was independent, and had to handle its own financing and its own technical requirements.
The Internet is one of the greatest inventions of humanity. It is a massive network of computers, each with the ability to access any of the others. Ungodly amounts of information can be found on the Internet. It is the ultimate form of media, a combination of newspaper, radio, and as the average bandwidth is increasing, television. Using