Government Influence On Online Education

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" Living in the twenty-first century it is essential to have technology as a part of your everyday lifestyle. Everywhere you walk, work, go to school to, shop, eat, or live you will see someone using technology. This could be a cell phone, a tablet, a laptop, desktop, video games, TV, etc. Within these devices the technology is used for various reasons. They can be used for work, communicating with others, listening to music, taking photographs, or even for education. It is very easy to use technology throughout the country regardless of your age group. Kids, adolescents and adults can search up what they want within the matter of seconds. The question is how much control does the United States government have over what each individual views online? The United States government including federal, state and local has major access to monitor people_Ñés everyday internet usage but chooses not to use all of their power. It is very easy to see what everyone is searching up especially at schools but this does not mean the government monitors it. Students who attend both a public and/or private school have restrictions on websites they can view using the school Wi-Fi. Still, students find ways to go on social media apps by downloading other apps like _ÑÒOpendoor_Ñù or _ÑÒVPN_Ñù to allow access while still using the school Wi-Fi.Now at home, with the owner's consent kids, teens, …show more content…
School is a place people go to for education. They want to better themselves and lives by becoming more educating and having a better future. The internet has a positive and negative effect to student_Ñés education. It is a great tool to be used as a resource or even an online class. The problem with this is that students can find answers to pretty much any assignment through google search. Instead of student_Ñés learning more they are actually starting to lack in education because they have begun to rely on the internet

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