This document provides an overview of a research project conducted by four students on the influence of the internet on education. The research aims to determine how education has changed due to the rise of internet access and how students use the internet as an educational tool. While the internet provides a valuable resource for research and information, the researchers found that many students at a private school in El Salvador misuse it for chatting and social media instead of academic purposes. The document outlines the research objectives, justification, theoretical framework and subtopics to be examined, including the advantages and disadvantages of technology and internet use in education. It also provides an example of internet access and its influence on students in El Salvador today.
4. Statement of the problem:
We want to focus in the misuse that most of students
do concerning to internet in education through some
experiences in the field. internet has a wide range of
uses, but in the field of education can be used as a
valuable resource of information, the problems is that
most of the students misuse this tool and instead of
look for information, they just spend lots of time
chatting, wasting time in applications such as
facebook, etc., that is what was found among the
students of Centro Escolar Catolico Americano,
specifically among students whose ages are among
15 - 18 of 6th through 7th grades. This research was
made in 2013.
6. Research objectives:
- To find out if education has
been changed since internet
apparition.
- To determine how students
use internet as a tool in
education.
7. Research justification:
Education is one of those areas internet
has radically changed. Nowadays
teachers and students have this tool at
hand for investigation, teaching, and
some other uses. The problem is that
internet not always is used for good, or in
a good way, sometimes students divert
the use of this tool, and in this moment
internet becomes a distraction for them.
9. The influence of internet in education
The Internet is a marvelous invention. Because of its introduction into
education and its availability to just about anyone, the world will
probably never be the same. People of all ages can log on 24 hours a
day, 7 days of the week in search of whatever they need.
Teachers find the Internet to be extremely useful in planning lessons.
The web is full of sites created specifically for teachers to share ideas,
change information, and share documents. Perhaps young people
stand to gain the most from using the Internet. In addition to being
able to express themselves and show creativity on sites like Facebook
and Twitter, they can also use the net for school projects and
homework.
In adition, and this is something that is becoming more and more
common, many children and teenagers, use this tool in class, not for
educational purposes, but to play, chat, or anything else not related to
the subject.
10. SUB TOPICS IN THE RESEARCH
Influence of new technologies in education
Technology plays a large role in many aspects of day-to-day life, and education is no different.
Technology is rapidly changing the way students learn and how instructors teach. Computers
have replaced chalkboards as the go-to tool in classrooms today. And it’s not just happening in
higher education; technology is part of education for children of all ages.
Internet as a tool
Teachers and students use this connection to the world in various ways. First, the Internet is an
inexhaustible source of information and data firsthand. As originally scientific network, you
can find lots of useful information for classes.
Internet and Academics
Preparation of classes.
Knowing methods and teaching resources.
Free Internet Browsing.
Press reading. Access to virtual libraries.
Virtual Classrooms. The key concept is interaction, which rises a new concept: the virtual
classroom environment teaching/learning system based on computer-mediated
communication, a symbolic space in which interaction occurs between participants.
11. Advantages and disadvantages of internet in education
Advantages: Students can take a good profit in different ways of learning, where they can
facilitate and participate in courses not offered in other circumstances.
Internet helps teachers to communicate and obtain information more easily and quickly with
other teachers within the institution and communities of other institutions.
Disadvantages: In many cases the information collected can be erroneous when teachers do
not have that facility of adequate computer skill.
Many teachers especially in rural areas do not have much knowledge or have not been updated
on how to use the tools for better learning and students can apply it and also they do not have
the necessary access to the navigation.
Advantages and disadvantages of cell phone use by students
Interruptions in the middle of the class: Commonly, the cell phone is a distraction to students
when teaching a class. This is for the fact that it has become common for students moving to
middle class ring, or discovers they are using some of its various functions.
Waste of time: Young people’s attachment to the cell phone is such that daily activities often
focus on the apparatus, which makes activities previously performed as family conversations
are deleted and replaced by games with the mobile text messages, etc.
12. Cutting edge technology in El Salvador
Some advances in technology in El Salvador include:
Internet access to many people: Now it's much easier to perform an investigation task,
compared to previous time as they used to go to the library, now people can easily look on
internet for information.
More and cheaper Internet service: The times have changed a lot and now in El Salvador
there several telephone companies that provides internet services at low costs and prices.
Broadband Internet: This issue is on the lips of many countries, but in El Salvador
companies are providing excellent speed (2 MB or higher) in both, residential and mobile
broadband internet.
To end with this research, here is a real example of influence of the Internet in El Salvador:
This research group visited and take as a sample for this investigation the "Centro Escolar
Católico Americano", which is a private institution located in Soyapango city. This
institution has around 1,000 students, and they offer basic education from kinder to high
school, also they teach several basic subjects, such as mathematics, science, social, English,
etc. Students interviewed think of Internet as the century's tool, because it helps them to do
their homework, research, and also entertainment. They have an innate facility with Internet
related devices because they are the internet generation.
