ICT teacher handbook/ICT for connecting and learning

What is internet and web

One of the most powerful things about a computer is its power to connect to another computer. The transfer of information through digital methods allows devices to be connected across time and space. It is not difficult to see the possibilities that this has for the way knowledge can be accessed and shared. The by-line of Sun Microsystems, a IT company was "The network is the computer". ICT have the power to connect people to one another, allow sharing of knowledge with each other and allow collaborative work and creation.

The emergence of the internet and the web has changed the way we are accessing information. Getting data about something is not so difficult any more. Emergence of email has changed the way we think of communication, on-line communities are emerging on various interest areas. All of these have a great impact on the way we learn. However, making meaning depends on our skills to evaluate and organize these resources. The resources available on the internet can be organized into a meaningful personal digital library thus enabling self learning.