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What the Web does…
Since bursting into the national consciousness in the mid-90’s, the media focus has been on what the Web can do. Descriptions of the Web in the media have ranged from the solution for all that is wrong with education to the symptom of all that is wrong with society.
The Web is described in many different ways:
- The world’s
largest shopping mall: Web commerce continues to grow
exponentially with no end in sight.
- A source
of up-to-the-minute news: You can find late-breaking,
in-depth news from around the world on the Web.
- A source
of entertainment: You can listen to music and watch video,
play games, etc. For many, the web has become the dominant source
of entertainment.
- A communications
medium: Instant messaging, chat rooms and blogs have become
the preferred means of communication for many. SmartPhones are
merging the capabilities of cell phones and the world wide web.
- "The Information Superhighway": It is this aspect of the Web that has generated the most interest among educators. The Web does offer phenomenal resources for both students and educators. Information on nearly every topic imaginable does exist somewhere on the Web.
While all the other aspects of the Web are of value to busy professionals, it is the access to distributed information that makes the Web so useful.
The notion of easy world-wide access to documents stored on distant machines was not an entirely new idea when the Web came along.
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