It meant finding information on almost any topic for the courses I was teaching. Yes, the Internet is good for English teaching. In this article, I want to tell you why, and make some forcasts on what the digital age holds for English teaching. That which can be digitized, will be digitized. English instruction can be almost fully digitized.
English instruction is more efficient when teachers use a digitized medium.
That which can be digitized, will be digitized. Nicholas Negroponte in his book Being Digital draws a distinction between atoms and bits. A book, for instance, is composed of atoms whereas an E-Mail is composed of bits. The difference between atoms and bits is that atoms take a long time to be sent from place to place and are relatively expensive to duplicate. Bits, on the other hand, can be sent around the world in a matter of seconds and cost nothing to duplicate.