Internet Has Changed Our Lives-For Better And Worse: Article Analysis

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In the article “How Google, Wikipedia Have Changed Our Lives-For Better and Worse”. Jennifer Woodard Maderazo Introduces How the internet has changed the learning aspect of students in school. It Inflicts how back then when modern technology wasn’t prevalent, students had to use books to research the questions they worked on. As of now in current times more students tend to use the internet as a more useful source than going to a library and taking the time to source/research the information. Also it Generalizes how when students began studying back then in the early ages students were more dedicated to learning about the class and relying on classroom experience. Also demising the current learning aspects of current students, not taking time

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