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Ten Best Uses of the Internet

Use Number 10: Online Banking

Balancing a checkbook is an outdated skill these days, and there is no reason to pay a bill late with online bill-pay. Online banking has made money easier to manage.

www.suntrust.com

Use Number 9: Coordinating Groups

Coordinating groups on the internet allows and requires: document sharing, wikis, video-chatting, and emailing. Drop the chalk is even created for teachers to share information on student behavior and academic achievement.

http://kickboardforteachers.com/

Use Number 8: Interactive Games and Gadgets

Beyond the addictive properties of World of Warcraft, internet games can be educational, fun, and useful. In the classroom, they all but ensure student engagement.

http://www.explorelearning.com/

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/home?hl=en-US

Use Number 7: Online Education

Online education means that going to college is not necessarily going to college anymore. Now, geography is not a limiting factor to getting a degree, although money just might be.

www.phoenix.edu

Use Number 6: Google Earth

Want to go anywhere in the world? Even somewhere that does not exist anymore? How about the bottom of the ocean? Or Mars? Then GoogleEarth is the program for you.

http://www.google.com/earth/index.html#utm_campaign=en&utm_medium=ha&utm_source=en-ha-na-us-bk-eargen&utm_term=google%20earth

Use Number 5: Online Shopping

Sometimes, the local bookstore does not have the ancient Roman geography workbook that I need. That is when internet shopping comes in handy. Now geography is less of a barrier in shopping.

www.amazon.com

http://www.ebay.com/

Use Number 4: Informational Videos

Informational videos allow anyone to take or provide a mini-course in any topic, providing equity of access. By providing this wealth of information, everyone is now a student of the internet.

http://www.youtube.com/

Use Number 3: Open-Source Documents

Open-source documents allow internet users to access documents that are no longer copyrighted. For example, the entire Latin text of the Aeneid is available from wikisource.

http://wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page

Use Number 2: Email

Email has permanently changed the way that we communicate. Communication is now instant and free; you do not even have to answer the phone to talk to someone who may be miles away.

https://mail.google.com

…and the top use of the internet is…

Use Number 1: Search EnginesSearching the internet for information is the most important way in which the internet has changed our lives. Now, anyone can find any information that they may need within moments. As a teacher or student, this means that you are never unable to answer a question.

www.google.com

www.yahoo.com