Independent writing task: What do you think are the impacts of the Internet on education? Give reasons and examples to support your response.
Internet is a really essential, significant innovation of human being. It has large impacts on a lot of fields, especially education. Impacts in the field of education can be either positive or negative. In the following lines, I will discuss some of the considerable one.
The first impact is that Internet is the source of books and information. Nowadays, more and more newspapers are placed on the Internet. As a result, people, from young students to old people can learn knowledge about the world outside their hometown. The Internet is also a library where people can own e-books just by a click and share them to their friends. There is countless e-books on the Internet translated into a variety of languages to be proper in the global community. It means that every single nation, no matter large or small, industrialized or not, people, if people are willing to study, they are worthy to deserve what they’d like.
The second impact is that with the Internet, students can have relaxed after all day of hard studying. After a day at school, in the evening, when students play games, chat or listen to music on the Internet, their mind will be fresh and clear to prepare for the next day. Researchers have proved that after a day of studying hard, because your brain has to work really hard to remember the lesson, do the assignments, and work in groups, it is essential for you to relax. When you relax, your blood cells will work more perfectly and fluently, the two parts of your brain will function better, and the “wardrobe” in the heart of the brain will store the information better. The Internet is a really good tool because there verities of relaxing ways on the Internet, such as listening to music, playing online games, chatting with friends, or watching funny videos. Of course, if you reap significant benefits from these things, it will not be good.
The third impact is on schools and universities. Nowadays, more and more schools are encouraging students to bring computer connected with the Internet to class. It is because with the assistance of the images and supporting information on the Internet, the lessons will be more vivid and the students will understand the lessons better. It is a win-win-win situation when students are benefited because they can learn the lessons fast and interestingly, the teachers are benefited because they do not have to teach really much and are loved by the students, the school is benefited because the parents of the children will be really satisfied and keep the children in the school.
In the end, of course, there may be some negative impacts of Internet on studying such as playing too much games or having eyes problems, but with the appealing positive consequences of the Internet on education, I think that Internet is still one of the best education tools.
