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Early computers broke communication boundaries, but the boundaries were nonexistent once the Internet was easily accessible via computers. Web cams allow people thousands of miles apart to see and talk to whomever they please. Classrooms have adopted distance-learning programs across the world. For instance, a teacher located in Japan can teach a classroom of students located in England via web cam technologies. Colleges also use websites to post news and assignments for their students, and students can contact professors and submit assignments via websites and email. Online colleges completely rely on computer and Internet technologies.

Using Internet and computers as en effective medium to establish communication between schools, teachers, students and parents; educational institutes have been able to handle many issues that were previously not handled with ease due to geographical limitations or lack of adequate training technologies.

A majority of teachers have stated a very surprising fact that introducing technologies in classroom has increased peer to peer interaction.

Many teachers have a common complaint that negative habits of students are more exacerbated due to the use of technology. In countries like the US, where assignments and homework are required to be submitted online, students tend to forget common email etiquette like salutation and sometimes, even adding texts in the attachments! Moreover, the trend of last day submissions has now transformed into last hour, last minute submissions. Students submit their assignments even hours after the time for submission is over and their emails don't contain any explanation or a note of apology.