I think that the Internet is a great support for student research. It is a very easy way for students to get an abundance of information to use in research papers, projects, etc. The problem with the internet as a research tool is one, not everything on the internet is credible so you have to be careful and two, students start to use it as a replacement for real work and use things like SparkNotes instead of actually reading an assigned book.
Web-based resources help support students in countless ways. Not only can the students use information to include in their school work but there are plenty of resources out now that actually help teach the students. For example countless websites and videos are devoted to teaching students how to do math. This is extremely helpful because if a student doesn't understand an idea in class they can come home and research the type of problem and learn it with the help of the internet.
As a potential high school teacher I am extremely concerned about supervising students using technology. As beneficial as I believe the internet to be it's also very easy for these resources to be abused, particularly with high school students who are very familiar with the technology. I know multiple students in my high school that made a point of trying to get away with doing everything on the school computers they weren't supposed to whether it was gaming sites, social networking, hacking, etc.
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