1. Ten Best Uses of the Internet
ANNA LOVEL
IDT 7064

2. 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is an outdated skill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

3. 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://kickboardforteac
hers.com/

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

5. 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

6. 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_m
edium=ha&utm_source
=en-ha-na-us-bk-
eargen&utm_term=goo
gle%20earth

7. 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/

8. 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.co
m/

9. 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

10. 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.co
m

11. …and the top use of the internet
is…

12. Use Number
1: Search
Engines
Searching 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