Internet and education

Internet for Education is a free online tutorial to help university students develop their Internet research skills.

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A month ago -- just ahead of the financial crisis -- it was calculated that the Internet, hedge funds and oil, among other sources of income, had resulted in more than 1,000 world-wide billionaires. A lot of books concern themselves with how such well-to-do[...]

The Internet has become an increasingly important feature of the learning environment for teenagers. Research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in November and December 2000 shows that teens use the Internet as an essential study aid outside[...]

Exporting technology has always presented a dilemma for America. The country leads the world in most technologies and some of these give it a military advantage. If export rules are too lax, foreign powers will be able to put American technology in their[...]

Why worry about Internet access for poverty-stricken people in developing countries? Because a large disparity in income causes resentment, which may in turn lead to radicalism and to horrible attacks, such as occurred in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.[...]