Ch. 2 Kearsley

Ch. 2 Kearsley
According to Kearsley, school and college systems with many locations in region or state are likely to lease high-speed data communication lines using fiber optics. The communication lines that we have the opportunity to use in technology today are amazing. Even at the elementary level, students are using email, messaging, and many online activity sites to communicate through. Email is an amazing tool that I use in the Kidbiz3000 program I teach. Students read articles and complete activties/thought questions/poll votes after reading. The last thing students can do with this program is respond to an email question. My students love emailing and voicing thier opinions.
Kearsley states, that luckily most educators need little understanding of infrastructure to engage in online teaching. I am happy that I have made it this far in setting up and utilizing the programs within this class. I feel like I am learning a lot and sometimes wish I was more savvy with these programs.
Kearsley states that the major value of Internet is to provide a gigantic online library system. Students are not limited to resources in the classroom/school library, but have infinite amounts of resources at their fingertips. I am motivating students in my classroom to read, through an interactive solar system bulletin board and students use the internet with this activity. As students get to research various planet facts, they are excited and enthusiastic about learning.