Internet Skills

First of all, the task for this week requires us to explore the internet and develop our internet skills. The purpose of this task is to build our skills in searching, downloading, encoding, storing and burning the files from the internet. I can say that i have develop these skills since I was in the teachers' training college (IPIK). The experience in searching for information from the internet in order to collect information for the tasks that were assigned to me and my friends has taught me a lot. I learnt how to search for established sources as there are millions of sources that I could surf from the cyber world. Thus, i have no problem in completing this task as i have already developed the skills. Furthermore, there is another course for this semester that exposes me on how to develop my information searching skills, which I think is very useful for me as a student and future teacher to get the correct sources as there are loads of sites that i yet to know about.

In my opinion, it is essential for the teachers in this century to be able to grip the internet skills as much as possible. Undoubtedly, printed readings are still very useful and helpful, however, teachers today should not rely on particular sources only as there are other better ways. With internet skills, students like me can save a lot of time. With just a click, I can surf the internet and collect information from worldwide, anytime and anywhere as long as there is access to it. Well, it is not a problem for me to get the access because the university campus provides wireless for the students. I can even surf the internet from the computer lap. And the package from various companies are affordable for me as a student to subcribe.

I agree that the sources from the internet helps me a lot in providing information and also materials to be used for teaching English. It gives me the opportunity to use modern method in searching materials to develop teaching aids and make the lesson more informative and effective. Therefore, i should make full use of the facility that is available.