Advantages:

1) Information on almost every subject imaginable.

2) Powerful search engines
3) Ability to do research from your home versus research libraries.
) Information at various levels of study. !verything from scholarly articles to ones directed at
children.
") #essage boards where $eo$le can discuss ideas on any to$ic. Ability to get wide range of
o$inions. Peo$le can find others that have a similar interest in whatever they are interested in.
%) &he internet $rovides the ability of emails. 'ree mail service to anyone in the country.
() Platform for $roducts li)e *+,P!- which allow for holding a video conference with anyone in
the world who also has access.
.) 'riendshi$s and love connections have been made over the internet by $eo$le involved in
love/$assion over similar interests.
0) &hings such as ,ahoo Answers and other sites where )ids can have readily available hel$ for
homewor).
11) 2ews- of all )inds is available almost instantaneously. 3ommentary- on that news- from every
conceivable view$oint is also available.
4isadvantages:
1) &here is a lot of wrong information on the internet. Anyone can $ost anything- and much of it is
garbage.
2) &here are $redators that hang out on the internet waiting to get unsus$ecting $eo$le in
dangerous situations.
3) *ome $eo$le are getting addicted to the internet and thus causing $roblems with their
interactions of friends and loved ones.
) Pornogra$hy that can get in the hands of young children too easily.
") !asy to waste a lot of time on the internet. ,ou can start surfing- and then reali5e far more time
has $assed than you reali5ed. Internet and television together of added to the more sedentary
lifestyles of $eo$le which further e6acerbates the obesity $roblem.
%) Internet has a lot of 7cheater7 sites. Peo$le can buy essays and $ass them off as their own far
more easily than they used to be able to do.
() &here are a lot of unscru$ulous businesses that have s$rung u$ on the internet to ta)e
advantage of $eo$le.
.) 8ac)ers can create viruses that can get into your $ersonal com$uter and ruin valuable data.
0) 8ac)ers can use the internet for identity theft.
11) It can be 9uite de$ressing to be on the internet and reali5e just how uneducated so many
$eo$le have become in today:s society.
;Advantages;
;4ata; and information;rich- including a range of media
;Anyone can $ublish online <tri$od.com and other hosting sites)
;=earners can become researchers because of easier access to data
;*earch engines that are fast and $owerful
;!asy to use
;*maller- faster- chea$er all the time
;Ability to lin) to $eo$le and $laces immediately
;>lobal dissemination of information
;#otivation for students in sharing their wor) online with the world
;limitations;
;+nowledge;$oor? information overload
;2o librarians for 9uality control <with some e6ce$tions- li)e +ids3lic)@ and other sites for children)
;2eed for 9uality control in the data that students find and use
;*earch engines that show results based on who $ays the most
;2ot enough training for effective use
;Push to u$grade constantly
;*$eed ta)es $recedence over 9uality
;Ais) of a growing information ga$ between haves and have;nots
;3o$yright issues ; it:s easy to get caught- so teachers need to ma)e sure their students follow
the rules