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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.

for example, a manager can send a meeting agenda to the whole office with one e-mail, a process that once would have required typing a memo, making copies, and distributing them to each desk.

Glogster is a platform where students can create a multimedia "glog" or poster to demonstrate what they know and understand about a topic.

Voice recognition software has improved greatly in the past few years and is more accessible. Children with special needs and limited English proficiency are able to more effective communicate in language based contexts

Technology facilitates our ability to extend classroom community by using web-based platforms like Edmodo.  Teachers and students can use this platform to discuss homework, post assignments, and interact with peers as they work on projects.

The world of technology has had a significant impact on education and has changed the entire educational landscape. No longer is the teacher standing at the blackboard, she’s now teaching via video conference and using Blackboard to facilitate online discussions

Now getting the right notebook for school requires a trip to your electronics retailer and can set parents back thousands of dollars. Technology has definitely changed the way students learn

Technology has erased the physical boundaries that used to govern schools and education. Students can now study from home with education technology that allows teacher and student to interact remotely

What began as short-wave communication used during WWI

The original Internet was invented in 1967 for military purposes

collaboration purposes.    Today the Internet is available everywhere and to everyone. It is used for a variety of reasons including socializing, conducting research,