Post #5 EME2040

After thinking about it for a couple minutes i really cant decided if the internet in more useful to students or if it is more harmful to them. Think about it for a minute a student has a up coming essay due or have an essay test, they can simply google the information and be able to copy and paste from so many different sources that it potentially can be untraceable. There are just so many different sources on the internet and you honestly never know if even the articles posted are 100% true you just never really know. However, that same reason makes the internet so useful to a student, it is so easy for them to be able to back up their information or answer with so many different sources of information. Students should have no problem doing efficient research that can be backed up by so many different sources and types or sources.

There are many types of sources on the internet that can help you find trustworthy articles or information. For example at the FSU library website we have the lib search program that goes through the entire paper bound and internet sources that are related to your search topic. Also there is a program called project muse i have only used it once but it was very efficient for finding creditable information/research.

The level and age of students i would like to teach would be late middle school to early high school. I would personally try to supervise the activities of my students on the internet but there is only so much one teacher can do in a class overwhelmed by students. There are also many programs that run through the school servers and monitor the activity on the internet and ban many of the inappropriate websites. Also i am sure with all the advances in technology that there is a monitoring program that shows every screen of your students computers on your screen and you can control their mouse and keep very close tabs on them.