5 ways in which the Internet is changing daily life

The Internet is fast becoming the go-to way to get educated. The number of homeschooled children is rapidly increasing and many families are use the Internet as a primary source for finding curriculum material. Due to budgeting issues, even brick and mortar schools are moving many classes online –especially in middle and high-school grades. Colleges are rapidly expanding their online offerings and there are many degree programs (from Associate to Doctorate) that can be completed 100% online. Furthermore, with YouTube channels like UCBerkley and many free MOOC courses available online, people are able to learn new things without enrolling in an actual college class or paying a fee. As educational technology increases so will these exciting opportunities.Technology can help us stay connected to family and friends more easily than ever before. Via text messages, Facebook, or Face Time, there is now an abundance of (free) ways to reach out and talk to people daily, even if they live across the globe. This makes it easy for us to remain in daily contact with friends and family who we otherwise would not see all the time. Furthermore, the Internet gives us the opportunity to meet many people via various organizations, groups, and websites.The Internet has made is easier than ever to access information about upcoming events in our area and even seek entertainment online. For example, books can be read online, movies watched, and websites explored. Games like “Angry Birds” and “Farmville” have become joys in many people lives. Furthermore, interactive games like “World of Warcraft” and those found on GSN.com (the online site of the televised “Game Show Network”) allow players to meet others who share their interests. From YouTube to Amazon, the Internet is a prime way to help us find entertainment and pursue our hobbies.View the list »
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As the Internet gets more and more advanced it increasingly changes the way that human beings communicate in nearly every single aspect of life. The more that we use technology, the more it becomes a facet in all of our relationships and endeavors. Here is a short list of how technology has altered everyday parts of our existence.

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  • The Internet has made is easier than ever to access information about upcoming events in our area and even seek entertainment online. For example, books can be read online, movies watched, and websites explored. Games like “Angry Birds” and “Farmville” have become joys in many people lives. Furthermore, interactive games like “World of Warcraft” and those found on GSN.com (the online site of the televised “Game Show Network”) allow players to meet others who share their interests. From YouTube to Amazon, the Internet is a prime way to help us find entertainment and pursue our hobbies.
  • Technology can help us stay connected to family and friends more easily than ever before. Via text messages, Facebook, or Face Time, there is now an abundance of (free) ways to reach out and talk to people daily, even if they live across the globe. This makes it easy for us to remain in daily contact with friends and family who we otherwise would not see all the time. Furthermore, the Internet gives us the opportunity to meet many people via various organizations, groups, and websites.
  • The Internet is fast becoming the go-to way to get educated. The number of homeschooled children is rapidly increasing and many families are use the Internet as a primary source for finding curriculum material. Due to budgeting issues, even brick and mortar schools are moving many classes online –especially in middle and high-school grades. Colleges are rapidly expanding their online offerings and there are many degree programs (from Associate to Doctorate) that can be completed 100% online. Furthermore, with YouTube channels like UCBerkley and many free MOOC courses available online, people are able to learn new things without enrolling in an actual college class or paying a fee. As educational technology increases so will these exciting opportunities.
  • As people grow more accustomed to communicating online (and completing schoolwork online) there is a growing demand for telecommuting jobs. Although most jobs are still done in an outside-the-home setting, there is an increasing number of opportunities to work from home, such as online teachers, freelance writers, and even some marketing and finance jobs. If employees are productive via working at home then companies save money on maintaining office space. Hence, within the next decade or two there is a very high chance that a rapid “boom” in working at home will occur, the same way that there is currently a “boom” in going to school at home.
  • Even finding a soul mate can be done online. There are dozens of dating sites that get more popular every year, in part because people take a survey and get “matched” to others who fit their profile. This kind of personality and hobby acknowledgement automatically allows people to meet those who share their interests and are therefore more likely to be compatible partners. In fact, one does not need to go to a dating site to find a soul mate. Many people meet and form close relationships via joining websites about things that they take personal interest in from video games, to charities, to sports teams. By using the Internet to explore a niche, one finds a world full of others who share their passions and therefore establish connections.
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Meagan Meehan is a published author of poems, short stories, novels, and articles in numerous publications. She is also a cartoonist and an award-winning abstract artist. Meagan holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from New York Institute of Technology and a Master of Arts in...

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