Remember the days when you'd ask your
mom how to spell something? (Like "plethora")
And the response was ….
“Look it up in the dictionary”
? ! ? ! ?
Of course our response - “How can I
do that if I don't know how to spell it?!?”
But, that is no longer an issue with
today's technology.
Today – spell check and just about
ANY other information is at our –
and our children's – finger
tips.
Portals are our gateway to this
information.
Horizontal ones provide our “instant”
(and instantly changeable) weather, how the Sabres are doing, access
to your e-mail, and the latest YouTube sensation...
Vertical portals are more specific
either by industry (just about any store...) or by area of
interest– such as ones devoted to things from antiques to health to
UFOs.
One area of particular interest is the
online training and professional development which is exploding. Many
universities are offering, not only courses and certificate programs
but full bachelor and masters level online degrees.
Online access has reduced the cost and
stress of completing ongoing continuing education for many
professions. And K – 12 resources are flourishing.
And, as we've been exploring, the
evolution of technology and its partner, the Internet, has given
birth to many other possibilities....
Gaming is actually becoming a hot
industry in education. What better way to learn than by involving
the whole person – and having FUN
to boot!
P2P (Peer 2 Peer) file sharing is
expediting the merging of businesses and worldwide communities. Google Docs and Cloud computing are facilitators of such sharing.
Here are just a few of the plethora of
delicacies available for the clicking:
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