With the technological advancements of our modern era, several new and exciting possibilities present themselves to the educational community every day as a way to advance the growth of school children in order to present them with the highest chance of higher learning. The internet as a resource is an abundant place to procure information because of the sheer mass that is available; however, the chance that children will be exposed to inappropriate content or be harmed by unreliable sources are a few of the various risks of using the internet in schools. With the developments in internet technology how people present information has changed as instant access to a global audience allows a constant flow of information to seep into society.
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In addition, students without the ability to access the internet in order to grow and learn are left at a disadvantage when entering the world which is why schools need to implement computer technology as a major component in the modern schooling system. In regards to student literacy rates, they can be grown and nurtured by teaching them the skills required in order to become successful in modern times. Gibson said “ When my critical media literacy can be your illiteracy, the concept has become emptied of definite meaning. While literacy is still central to most nothing of education. It is increasingly unclear what we mean by it”.(Gibson, M.). This shows how student literacy need to grow in order to present them with the greatest opportunity for success in the modern workforce. In addition, students have become increasingly reliant on using internet sources at the school with 20% reporting never or hardly using the internet at home (Johnson, G. M.). Therefore, by breaking the lines of internet use between home and school and with student literacy rates becoming more important, being literate in digital media between the blurred concepts that stem from the movement in media with which children read and write can be interpreted and processed by children (Gibson, …show more content…
Children have become influenced by the internet in a negative way as they begin to imitate inappropriate behavior, alter their speech in order to fit into the world, and alter their writing, allowing the poor grammar in the world around them to seep into their speech (Thurlow, C.). The internet is destroying modern communication as students are growing toward technology and are prone to refrain conversation as it pertains to how they communicate with others. The change of modes of modern communication is now anti social and deadened because of the use of the internet as children have been enveloped in the internet causing a lessening in society as people begin to refrain from conversation (Thurlow, C.). Therefore, the internet may just be a detriment to the advancement of children as they grow and
In addition, students without the ability to access the internet in order to grow and learn are left at a disadvantage when entering the world which is why schools need to implement computer technology as a major component in the modern schooling system. In regards to student literacy rates, they can be grown and nurtured by teaching them the skills required in order to become successful in modern times. Gibson said “ When my critical media literacy can be your illiteracy, the concept has become emptied of definite meaning. While literacy is still central to most nothing of education. It is increasingly unclear what we mean by it”.(Gibson, M.). This shows how student literacy need to grow in order to present them with the greatest opportunity for success in the modern workforce. In addition, students have become increasingly reliant on using internet sources at the school with 20% reporting never or hardly using the internet at home (Johnson, G. M.). Therefore, by breaking the lines of internet use between home and school and with student literacy rates becoming more important, being literate in digital media between the blurred concepts that stem from the movement in media with which children read and write can be interpreted and processed by children (Gibson, …show more content…
Children have become influenced by the internet in a negative way as they begin to imitate inappropriate behavior, alter their speech in order to fit into the world, and alter their writing, allowing the poor grammar in the world around them to seep into their speech (Thurlow, C.). The internet is destroying modern communication as students are growing toward technology and are prone to refrain conversation as it pertains to how they communicate with others. The change of modes of modern communication is now anti social and deadened because of the use of the internet as children have been enveloped in the internet causing a lessening in society as people begin to refrain from conversation (Thurlow, C.). Therefore, the internet may just be a detriment to the advancement of children as they grow and