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There are several positive and negative impacts of the Internet on education. For rural areas especially, the access to information that the Internet offers is an incredible positive force, allowing almost anyone to find the answers to basic questions simply and easily. It helps education in that when someone is curious about something (and therefore open to learning), they can find out some information to feed that "learning hunger" immediately. If you are curious about the ants in the backyard, or want to know more about dinosaurs or mythology... there is a wealth of information at your fingertips and you can enhance your knowledge.
On the negative side, some would argue that the Internet degrades the quality of research, throwing people into areas where the answers they find are low-quality guesses, at best. Since the Internet allows anyone to publish, finding high quality information is sometimes difficult. The internet also can be a huge distraction, like many other things, that distracts us from serious inquiry.
You can now study for a GED or get a degree online... immensely positive things. People in rural areas can now access much, much more information and have MANY more educational possibilities than they did before. ...but as this happens, does the average quality of such online education go down? Some would argue that it does, especially in the cases of for-profit universities or the plethora of low-paid, overworked, part-time teachers employed by the same. Will you get the same attention, quality, or knowledge? Who knows. Depends on the school, depends on the class, depends on the instructor. And you do run into similar problems even at very highly-respected schools.In the end, whether the Internet is positive or negative for education is always in how you use it, and how much you are motivated to learn... a motivated, enthusiastic student can drag an education out of even the worst teacher... and hopefully it works the other way around too.
The information age, also commonly known as the computer age or information era, is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely, and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. The idea is linked to the concept of a digital age or digital revolution, and carries the ramifications of a shift from traditionalindustry that the industrial revolution brought through industrialization, to an economy based on the manipulation of information.
Short Essay on Television
MILI
Like telephone, television is a wonderful gift of science after the invention of electricity. Today, television is an important means of entertainment and education. It has the advantages of both radio and cinema. We can see pictures and listen to their conversations simultaneously.
Television was first invented by John Logic Baird, a famous scientist of Scotland. Mr. Baird demonstrated his invention at the Royal Institute of Great Britain in 1926.
The television mechanism is very complex. A television camera has photo electric cells which receive pictures and transform them into electric dots and lines. Those dots and lines are then transmitted to the receiver set. The receiver set again transforms those dots, and lines into pictures. Originally only black and white pictures were produced in television. But now, coloured pictures are seen in TV.
Through television, modern man has conquered time and space. Through television we can see events, dramatic performances,' musical functions, speeches and exhibitions which are held in distant places. At the same time we can hear the music and the talk of those speakers, musicians or of the actors in the drama.
Television is a medium of entertainment. We do not take trouble, of going outdoors to see a drama or a musical functions or a foot, ball or cricket match. We can see these things at our home on television screens. Many fare things are also telecast on TV screens. Speeches of V.I.Ps., important dialogues, sessions in Parliament, launching of rockets and space-crafts etc. are directly telecast. By watching them, we feel as if the entire world has become our next door neighbor.
In India, television has become very popular for the show of two famous epics such as the Ramayan and the Mahabharat. There was only the national channel for the television transmission. But now-a-days there are many channels operating for entertainment purpose.
The educative role of television cannot be denied. The UGC Programmes are being shown in the national channel of the television. Thousands of students are being benefited through this programme. Now many purpose! Television programmes are made to fight many social evils such as illiteracy, dowry problem, and superstition. Ill-health, and ignorance, political corruptions etc.
Very often television exercises bad influence upon the youngsters. Rape, murder and violence are adopted by those young people because of the adverse impact of television.