Internet and School

Using the Internet was always such a fun thing to do when I was younger. You could play games and chat with friends without physically being with them. You can do that and much more today, which seems great but maybe it isn't. 

Ever since the smartphones have been available people have been able to easily access the Internet from anywhere they want. One of these locations is school. Kids in school can now use the Internet whether they are permitted to or not. They can go on any website they want whether the school has it blocked or not. While 18-29 year olds are the age group with the highest rates of Internet use, 12-17 is a close second. This means students do use the Internet quite often. In my high school we all played games against each other during school. Why? It’s because we were bored and thought we didn’t need any of the information, when we did. Now my brother is in high school and he always tells me about how he and his friends always fool around in school and play on their phones. So what's the point of going to school if you spend the day on your phone? Our society is so attached to technology it is becoming a little scary. Advances in technology are great but when it takes away from student’s abilities to learn and be successful, it becomes a problem.

Not only are students on their phones in school and not paying attention but also outside of school for things like “research”. I know whenever I have research to do I just Google something, but am I really doing research? I only end up looking at the first page of results just like many other people do. Using Google to do research is good and bad. It’s quick and easy, has many resources and is self-sufficient but it is all less credible, has a small range and has too much information. Sometimes on Google, a result might pop up to your search but it has nothing to do with what you wanted and that is because your search and the result have words in common, not meaning. Using Google or any other search engine for that matter, for research hinders student’s abilities to go to a physical library and obtain the same types of information, but with more specificity. I prefer to do my research online but that is because the world we live in is so technologically advanced and revolves around technology that it is easier for me to do it online. I don’t want to go to the library if I can just Google what I need to know from my bed. This hurts my ability to do research because if I need to go to the library I don’t know what to do. Yes I have the basic knowledge of how to do it, but to do it efficiently and get the best information I can will be difficult.