Homework #1

1) If you believe that all students should be Web literate, what is the best strategy for your school to prepare you with this skill? Explain.
I do believe that all students should be Web literate because the internet is such a big part of our lives. The best strategy for our school to prepare us with this skill is to able to have class time with this subject.  We could learn things that make up the internet and why it does. Our school cold also allow us to have hands on activities with computers in lab.

 2) What skills should all teachers have to be Web literate? Explain.
 Teachers should have many skills to be Web literate such as creating activities online for students, Grading online and also just knowing how to research on the web. These are important because students rely on grades being available online and the online activities. The teachers knowing how to use the web in general is a much in order to do anything today.

 3) What role should school filtering play in your school district? Explain why schools should block or not block Web sites.
 I believe that schools should block websites but not all because sometimes it does provide a roadblock when trying to show educational activities or trying to present a project. There should be some websites blocked because there are some that are inappropriate ones but some that can be used for good that have their own privacy violations shouldn't be blocked.

4) Do you believe the Internet is as big a transformer of culture as the printing press? Explain.
The internet is a big transformer of our culture because it changed how people do everything. Like the printing press which created reading material that published daily news, the internet has news from all countries with the touch of a button. Having the internet, especially in schools, helps students do their research on current events easier then it was with just news papers.

 5) If yes, what parts of our culture do you believe will be most affected? Explain.
Almost everything in our culture has changed. Now, people just go on the computer to do research. Also people use the internet to do general things like paying bills or making appointments, or even finding jobs. People have become very dependent on the internet.