World Wide Web, or so called Internet, as a technology of information transmitting and a new media, has become the focus being paid much attention by the whole world in the twenty first century. It has been changing the way in a striking speed that people work, study, think, communicate, and even the style of living. So, in this new century, what impacts on earth does the Internet bring to the traditional education? What benefits and advantages will be when deploying information technology to the traditional education? What kind of responsibilities to education does Internet have? What challenges will the traditional education and the people involving (educators and educatees, teachers and students) face? Is Internet the omnipotent media or not? Is web-based education the all of future education? .
In this paper, the current situation of information technology and Internet use in China education is described in the introduction section, author's opinions and views will be stated according to the questions raised above. Discussions are based on the current situation of education in China and author's own experiences as an educatee in the last fifteen years. Conclusion and recommendations are given in the end of the paper. .
1. Introduction.
Internet is an electronic communication network that connects computers networks and organizational computer facilities around the world. As a representative of modernistic technologies, Internet is becoming a technical lever to change our world from the industry age to the information age. Unquestionably Internet is one of the greatest and most influential technologies in the development history of human being. The formation of the Internet has changed the way people do business, communicate, entertain, seek information, and study. Without doubt, Internet has had a profound effect on almost every aspect of our everyday life. .
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