The Internet

Its Impact on our

Personal Lives

Brief History• By the early 1990's it became

possible for people to post information via Internet sites.

• The major new step came in 1994 with the development of the World Wide Web.

• In addition, the World Wide Web soon grew to support the use of pictures, sound files, and movie clips.

• The rest, as they say, is history.

Personal

• 10 years ago hardly anyone was using the Internet on a regular basis.

• Now it has become part of our daily lives

Themes

• Business Affairs

• Social Life

• Media

• e-Learning

BUSINESS AFFAIRS

• JOBS• SHOPPING• BOOKING• INFORMATION• BANKING

JOBS• With the help of

internet we are able to access jobs online without going to the job centre or an agency

• Also, with the help of internet, you can work at home without going to any office

SHOPPING

• Shopping Online:-Fast and easy way to shop

• It saves time and travelling

• Can also get better discount online than going to shops and malls

BOOKING

• Online booking is the fastest and easiest way to book online without going direct to….

• And it also helps with information on whatever we want to book online

BANKING

• Fast, easy and durable way to nurse your banking issues

• You can apply for an account, pay bills, access your account, pay money in and check balance online without going to the bank

INFORMATION

Social Life• Friends & Family

• Instant Messaging

• Chat Rooms

• Online Dating

• Special Interests

Friends & Family

• E-mail - revolution

• Replaced letters

• Immediate receipt

• Cheaper than phone

Instant Messaging

• MSN / SKYPE etc

• Web Cams

• Like conversation

• Can share info

Chat Rooms

• Online chat is a way of communicating by sending text messages to people in the same chat-room in real-time

• These appeal particularly to the young

Online Dating

• Multi-billion industry

• Niche sites pair people by race, sexual orientation or religion etc

• Become respectable

• Seemingly successful

Special Interests

• All sorts of obscure websites crop up catering for minority groups and allow people with common interests to communicate with each other irrespective of geographical location

On line MEDIA

• Newspapers• Radio/TV• Satellite• Books

On line Media

• Response• Quicker• More appropriate

On line Media

Conclusion

e-Learning• Electronic learning (or e-

Learning) is a type of education where the medium of instruction is computer technology.

• The worldwide e-learning industry is estimated to be worth over 38 billion euros.

• By 2006, nearly 3.5 million students were participating in on-line learning at institutions of higher education in the United States.

e-Learning

• Shared Knowledge

• Distance Learning

• Tutorials

• Interactive

Shared Knowledge

• Perhaps the original idea of the Internet before it was hijacked by American marketing moguls

• A lot of free information available

Distance Learning

• Very widespread

• Allows you to fit your learning around into your working / home life

• Potentially cheaper than a conventional course of study

Tutorials

• Online tutorials with animation and sound

• You can pick and choose – only those you’re weak on

• Can repeat at will

• Wide variety available

Interactive

• Desire for more active, less passive, learning, akin to the actual, not virtual, classroom

• Infinite scope for further development

Final Thoughts• Internet a good thing?• Or a bad thing?

• Are we its master? • Or its slave?

• What does the future hold?

• Bright?