For me both yes and no. So I'm on the middle. :) Yes because they can get information easily and can search whatever they need in internet. No because sometimes students just copy and paste the topic or articles and didn't even bother to read it. Second, some students didn't go to school instead they will go to computer shop and play online games. Sometimes Online games are alright because it will widen the imagination of the students but it turns out that it is not good because a lot of students or people addicted on playing. For yoy does computers/internet really help the students?
[question posted by healthbeauty]
responses and comments:
You have a point,i think its better to say that students read what they have research but never understand its content or they scan read it.Yes computer games addiction is the problem of the students right know, instead of studying they end on internet cafe,but f course not all only those easily attracted by those games there a still lot more student use internet properly for their research. [Charm21]
i think the internet is great for students and people you want open there mine to new thing new was of doing thing and learning and networking ,this year i want to learn a new language and the internet is the ideal tool to do this and i love the internet and the new oportuniyts that the internet open for students amd to children all over the world [sirknight]
yeah i guess that is true. when i was in collage i used the internet a lot to help me out. but yeah i can see young people copy and paste things [syankee525]
Computer and Internet are now important especially for many of students now. They can easily make a fast research from the internet. I would say that it is a big help for them and about gaming is too bad if it is over and sometimes they rather to play a game than to attend to school and this is the disavantage of computer and internet. [___SKY___]
i think it definitely helps the students since we can get anything from the net. . it will be very useful for the research and project works our knowledge can be updated ... with the world changing at every minute we may come to know ABout the latest developments in all fields .... [dilipmiester]
hi, healthbeauty! i think i'll take your point, what you mentioned are so true. I am currently a student and i found that my computer with internet connection is really come in handy when i need to look for some information for my assignments. However, it also becomes a big distraction for me. It's too bad as i can't even concentrate in my study. so i can't say that computer and internet are really help or not. [Huey365]
For me the invention of the modern computer tended to make my teachers lazy. I am blind, and I went to a school for the blind. Many teachers didn't like to translate braille, so they would make us students type everything. Needless to say I got a lot of pratice typing so I type just like any other person on the planet does. But, having to type everyth ing anoyed me and caused my braille-reading skills to suffer greatly. it really [kaylachan]
it really help the students in all aspects to them. it also broden the mind in differnet phases and make the the people get the information easily tranferable to them.its very very helpful for the all. [bairuv]
yes it helps a lot in all means... can get any information we need... need not buy any books now a days since we got e-books and can share things... [thunderbala]
Internet is a big help with children, information are all updated when you are using the internet. Children can get the information what they needed for their homework, projects, research and everything. Parents guidance for their young children is needed especially that the internet is wide spread and open for anything so there are some things that children should not be opening, certain sites that are prohibited. Before letting your children use the internet be sure you have checked which site they are able to visit and which site that are not able to visit. See to it that you have blocked any prohibited site. [frances0928]
Yes I agree with you. For minors/children needs a parents guidance and make sure that they blocked any prohibited sites. Thanks for your response. It really helps. :) [healthbeauty]
Of course it is. If it wouldn't be for the internet than we would be spending countless hours of our life visiting libraries and going through books just to find that information that wee need. Not to mention that we probably would have to translate a lot of information mainly because not all information available is in our native language. That would also take up a lot of time. As for your whole copying issue. Yeah, its true that we do copy some stuff from the internet but there are simply certain things that we can't know. Like who came up with what mathematical idea or things like that. But its not like we wouldn't read that info. Its not like we could just pass over work that we got from the internet and make it look like ours without even knowing what the text is about. As for gaming. Well, its the responsibility of each student to make sure that he doesn't spend his time playing games. I know some people who much rather play games than learning (heck I'm one of them) but if I have to than I get my stuff together and spend my time learning instead of playing games. But if I had to choose between not having and having a PC than the positive aspect would outweigh the negative one. [Takashy]
I have to say indeed it helps students with any of their school work. If I remember how it was back then when I was still a student, the internet has helped me a lot compared to my classmates who did not have any access to the internet. I got most of my researches from the internet instead of having to go far to a library to get some information. [sublime03]
my friend operates a computer shop and yes, she gets a lot of students from all levels who just copy and paste from the internet and all of their friends would say, "do the same for me." it really helps with research and information-gathering. what has to be taught is critical thinking - reading and choosing which items are credible and relevant, then analyzing and synthesizing the material to come up with your own work and citing your sources. i wonder what teachers do reading the same stuff from everyone? [binggaling]
I believe computer really helps the student. I believe there are lot of information we can get in the internet, it is digested with information. What computer offer for us is not only theoretical knowledge but even the actual and the invidence through videos. Like about solar system, before we only have books, we only have pictures, but now through satellite connected to the computer of agency that have scope and study about solar planet, they share what they had studied now and even before through internet. Now we can see the planets on the solar system, our theoretical learning was added with actual investigation about it. My point is, internet can really helps, but as internet have many things in stored for the student like videos, games, social sites and earning site, it is for them what they want to enter. If they want to enter educational site there are many there, even wikipedia will give you knowledge by only reading it. The student will decide if they want to use internet or other sources of education like library with full of books, but for me internet can really helps us when it comes to knowledge. Unfortunately, others use it in different way. [grecychunny26]
Computer really helps students a lot. Everything has positive and negative points. Here positive is that we can get any knowledge from the internet and we can enjoy from internet. But in negative means getting addicted to online games. If we take positive and come out of it, then internet is more useful. It's depends on their interest. So students should come out of the games addiction. [grakesh]
When I was still studying in a university I thought that internet is really important so I told my parents I badly need a PC or laptop. I needed it when I was making my thesis. It was really tiresome to go to libraries to get references and expensive to rent on internet shops to get excerpts from articles. Things can be very useful when you know how to use them efficiently and effectively otherwise it's just waste. Going back in my college days, instead of doing some research for my thesis, I was addicted to social networking. Instead of making my time productive, I wasted them in viewing pictures and reading updates. The purpose of the PC and internet for my studies was only secondary. Nowadays, people are into social networking, and I bet, every teenager now who asks their parents for a PC or laptop has the purpose in mind - to be able to update their FB or Twitter more often. LOL! [sharlionse]
Well, its mostly a yes.But then it is how the students use the internet.I remember using the internet to get the information of various topics.I have used the internet to download the details regarding to my seminar.It was the only reliable source of information.And all my presentation things cam efrom internet.People not going to college and playing games cannot be blamed on the internet.They would chose alternetive place if computer/internet were not available.Everything has pros and cons.But then we have to look and take advantage of the positive areas.Thanks! [UltimateAsoka]
i agree with you healthbeauty that it is a yes and no. students can get easy facts in the internet, which they can use in their studies. there are also so many things that they can learn from browsing. however, there is also no guarantee that the facts they can get there is true or not. and students just copy and paste them without reading and understanding them. [alto907]
The Internet has a lot of information and it really depends on how the students will use it. Sad thing is that most students are not using Internet at its full potential. In my school community very few don't know how much the Internet can offer other than games like FarmVille. They even don't know that they can actually earn money only through Internet. [cecillecarmela]
yes i do believe internet and computer does help students .Today's generation of student are more into internet and computer rather than books . they spend more time on that for information . It is the most easiest and reliable source for getting information . so i feel if it is used properly then this is the best bet cheers [vigneshindian]
I really agree... for an I.T. student, as my brother, it really help a lot... [dweebs_8000_j]
yes, it helps and in a matter of seconds they could access a vast wide of information by accessing internet and they could find lots of information without going to the library to search for their assignments. but it also taught laziness, since some students are tempted to copies lot of articles and even assignment without understanding which result in plagiarism it could happen both offline and online world it is even greater when one could easily stolen one ideas. [neelianoscet]
computer/internet having both advantages or disadvantages the advantages are many as the disadvantages like student studying in the school want some information in some topic they can get by going on the net and the disadvantage is that it makes the student lazy. the students mostly who are studying in school giving much interest in the internet games rather than study by doing this they will addicted of the games and didn't give concentration on their study this will hamper their career. so it is good if the students or the person makes the use of internet in proper way. [siliguri]
I'm sure that computer and internet both help the students................................................... [ganesh_bala]
Yes I do believe that it helps the students because it has information from the whole entire world on there. Also intstead of just accessing books and resources like that you can access chat rooms or forums on the internet to learn about experiences and people's perspectives on certain topics. I would say that the internet and computers are a great advancement in learning, I just hope that we can utilize it well. [jambi462]
Though they are a fine source of information, computers are also an excellent source of dis-information (wrong information) and it is often impossible to tell the difference. Children have lost the ability to look up real information in libraries. The more they stay at their computers, the less they interact with people face to face and the more inclined they are to live alone. Playing computer games strengthens the fingers, but the rest of the body is left to the paralysis of no exercise. The eyes become strained from looking at a screen all day. Texting (even to the person standing beside you!)has become an obsession. The use of speed writing is just another way of telling our children learning to spell doesn't matter. In many schools, if a child writes an essay, points are no longer counted off for misspellings! Through the use of computers, refusal to tell a child he/she is failing a course (no red F's only purple, etc.), refusal to insist on decent handwriting and spelling, allowing anything off the Internet,and all politically correct moves, we are dumbing down our students. The worst part - we are PROUD of our moves in this direction. No student left behind now means - no student moving up, only down in their knowledge. In China, there are many things I dislike, but their push toward excellence in education is admirable. Having programs that automatically perform math calculations makes it difficult and often impossible for children to learn even simple tasks such as counting out change from a sale. Go into almost any store during a blackout when the computer registers are down. Often the cashiers have no earthly idea how to add up a sale, figure tax, or count out change. I'm embarrassed for them. I love my computer and use it for to write my stories, but I also take time to move away from it and out into the world. [mysticmaggie]
I'd like to say internet is useful for student especially the college student. We can read some news,search some information and study courses on the internet. Sometimes I would say that I can live without cellphone but not the internet. But at the meantime, the internet is not so useful.We like to play on it and waste much time. So I think I should manage my time and not so indulged in internet. [Sophie2010]
Yes that's right. Manage your time wisely in using computer/internet. Thanks for your response. [healthbeauty]
Yup, my friend. Computer is very helpful for student to learn more and make the good things in it. But student should be prudent enough to see the bad side of the internet. Not all in the internet is good...have a nice day!!! [aerous]
Agree with you, my friend...All what we do on the net is not as free as we can...This is not just an internet but there are many dangerous things in it [aerous]
absolutely, healthbeauty. you can imagine how helpful computers and the internet are to every student. in research, it significantly lightens the load, compared to the way we do research 20 years ago. in communication, it provides a varied way to sending messages and it (emails, chats) don't cost a cent. and as you say, online games get into the way of what is to be done -- research. that's also correct, the temptation to be veered away from one's initial purpose is so great that many times, what a student goes for is totally forgotten, taken away by play... [bystander]
actially many students play games internet and effect their study.but i think that they need to be correctly guide to use computer.since the computer appear,it change people's life and work's way and be accepted by many people and give more convinient and happy for us.although many students are addicted on playing.but i think we can guide them correctly use the computer and do more interesting and healthy thing,they can get rid of the habits of playing internet and use computer into their study. [bingchen]
healthbeauty, "Through the use of advanced computing telecommunications technology, learning can also be qualitatively different. The process of learning in the classroom can became significantly richer as student have access to new and different type of information, can be manipulate it on the computer through graphic, displays or controlled experments in ways never before possible, and can communicate their results and conclusions in variety of media to their teacher, students in the next class room, or students around the world. For example, using technology students can collect and graph real-time weather, environments, and poputaions data from their community, use that data to creat color maps and graphs, and then compare these maps to others created by students in other communities. Similarly, instead of reading abut the human circulary system and seeing text book pictures depicting bloodflow students can use technology to see blood moving through veins and arteries, watch the process of oxygen entering the blood stream, and experiment to understand the effects of increased pulse or cholesterol -field arteries on blood flow." Those who are going to school regularly and they gain the valuable knowledge other are not utilizing it properly, so there no question about this. [shalome]
Internet can be of great help to students and its an easy access to all informations that are needed. Its only up to students how they will be reacting to this. Even if we do copy and paste we will be forced to read as well and this means also enhancing our knowledge. As to all things in this world, there's always a positive and negative effect. It is us for us what to take from it. Do we want the negative or the positive. It's our choice. [chavezrmc]
Hi Health, Computer helps student make their lives more easy than what we have before. no need for a long day of staying in the library to research for homeworks and assignments. everything is just a click away. so, no reason why students will not be able to make it in school when almost everything is provided to them. thanks to computer/internet...practical and really cool! [msfrancisco9369]
Hi friend. I think everyone is a bit student more or less as we've been learning a lot from our life. And as to the students of any educational institute, I'll say it can help them a lot keeping apart from the demerits. Actually the use or misuse of the internet by the student depends on his/her mentality. A good student only gather important information from it while the bad one use it only as a source of entertainment. In our country, Bangladesh where most of the students are poor and cannot afford costly books, use internet for collecting information. So, it's only matter of choice as to how you'll use it. Have a great day! [faridmadeabillion]
I'm in the middle too vella. I think sometime internet is great for student if they use it as they need. It will not great if they use it as they WANT: like open facebook, any X sites, download, or such thing like that. It will not help I think! [andryan7legends]
I agree with you. My answer too is both yes and no. [spongebobonline]
Hiya healthbeauty, That can be a big problem for them not so much to be able to research but to make sure it is studied enough when they get their information together. There´s nothing wrong with playing games as long as they get their proper work done and enough rest. All work and no play is not good either. We did not have computers at School and they made us work really hard too so we did not have much time to play at all. So it is a must to let steam off in some way or another. [lovinangelsinstead21]
I have no idea about others,but for me computer and internet have been very useful.What you have told in your discussion is about the students who don't take their studies seriously.But i know how internet can help the students to understand the subjects they feel difficult.Even without joining any tution online,you can learn much from the internet.It provides you with easy-to-understand and to-the-point notes on different subjects. [saumitrakumar]
I tend to be on the middle road with you. I think that it is a great tool for students to have access to. However, I think that there are far too many people that take everything that they see on the internet as Gospel and if we are searching the internet and we are going to use information that we find as a reference, we need to double check this information to make sure that it is valid because there are a lot of things on the internet that aren't necessarily true. [dorannmwin]