Nowadays, when we want to know something, we can find it out at the click of a button and even by using our phones to make a simple search into Google or Yahoo. Information is easily within reach, and it's impact in education is starting to become apparent. Students now rely more on computers than they do books, where as books played a larger role in education in the past. Yes students can have access to more information from a wide variety of sources, but it doesn't necesseraliy mean it's correct and verifiable? As well as this, it could be argued that the internet actually has an 'overload' or too much information, which is a danger for younger children, for example, who if not controlled, can accidentally come across information they shouldn't be having access to at their age, partially influencing their attitudes at a young age.

The online revolution has a lot to answer for, but at the same time it has a lot to be thankful for. In terms of education, it is changing the way we learn. Nowadays, having an online presence at university is crucial as they provide a lot of our course content there, as well as final exam marks, places to submit projects and correspondence from lecturers about classes. Without the internet, I can't imagine how we would receive any of that information. I'd love to hear about someone else's university experience in a pre-internet existence!

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In general, the online revolution has many benefits in the sense that more people will have access to information than they ever did before. With the click of a button you can find out virtually everything you need to know in order to complete your homework, an essay, thesis, etc., without having to lug vast tomes around with you from one place to another.

However, because these answers are instantaneous, the likelihood of their being retained is possibly lower. Children, students, adults are losing the ability to "search" for the information that they need. Crossword puzzles are a good example, whether cryptic or simply general knowledge. In the past, one would have resorted to a thesaurus, the Enclyopaedia Britannica, several volumes of Webster's Dictionary, etc. Because your mind was being trained to search and sometimes it was only possible to find the answer you were looking for via a somewhat convoluted route, it was more likely that you would remember that piece of information once you had found it. Now, at the click of a button, you've got it. And, with another click of the button, it has gone again. As it has passed so fleetingly across your retina and through those remarkable little grey cells, is it possibly less likely to be remembered? Could this ultimately mean that a person's level of general knowledge would be less comprehensive than in the past?