Internet Classroom Vs. Traditional Classroom

In the Modern Ages as technology develops, the Internet has become a major informational and communicational power. Nearly everything in life is being taken over by the Internet, including school: an idea that school can be operated on the Internet is currently spreading across the world. Some people think it an unavoidable change on the way to modernization while others consider it a destruction of tradition. Now, we shall look at the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet classroom to find a way in which the Internet classroom can be used in a good way.

The advantages of the Internet classroom can be used to fill the drawbacks of the traditional system: it can be used in sparsely populated areas where the distance to school is too far. It would also be advisable when there are too many students and the number of teachers is limited, when a class member has a sickness or other problem that disables going to school, when a student wants to study abroad but cannot because of certain conditions and in many other situations. It also may be able to provide the student with more time to enjoy with his/her family. This will help in establishing closer and better relationships with family members. We may also be able to talk about feelings and worries to the family which is a major function of family no one else can substitute. This is all very important as family relations are as just a great part in life as studies or anything else, possibly more.

However, the continuous use of the Internet system can cause many problems. In the traditional classroom, the teacher took care of not only the student's studies, that is to say learning of knowledge, but his/her morality. However, in the new Internet system, the parent has to take care of all the student's life outside studies. Thus the influence of the parent over the child's education increases and education becomes very much depended on how much the parent cares about the child. The child is also likely to grow up just like the parent, which can result in bad consequences such as the child's having an abused and one-sided view about issues inherited from the parent. This may as well cause isolation