How Internet has Changed Education

When I first started teaching, I was doing things that I did back in high school.  We didn't use computers or get computers from the library.  We sat down and took notes off of a projector.  However, the 2012-2013 school year will be my 6th year teaching, and it's amazing how technology has changed.  Smart boards are becoming more and more popular, where you don't have to be behind your computer anymore pushing buttons.  Teachers can still stand in front of the classroom and be able to navigate through websites with their classes.  Another technological change is that our school district recently purchased Kindles.  The students, instead of going to the library and signing out books, can now sign out kindles and read their books.  I, personally, don't know everything that computers have done for the classroom, but computers and technology may change our classrooms in the next five years.  I think more and more classes will be done online or have some type of online learning attached to the class.  Also, students can Skype each other or Skype other people from around the world to learn more about a topic.  I feel that textbooks will start to slowly become a thing of the past and the internet will be the students' main resource for their learning.