The first thing to realise is that the Internet is actually made up of lots of different things that you can do. This is actually just one part of the Internet, called the World Wide Web . This is the fastest growing part of the Internet. It's made up of web pages that carry text and pictures, and links to other web pages with information on just about any topic that you can think of. Another really important part of the Internet is Email .
Email is probably the most practically useful part of the Internet for most people.
It allows you to communicate nearly instantaneously with people world wide. You chose your email address when you signed up with Earthlight. If you like to keep up with the latest goings on, and share knowledge with people of similar interests, then News Groups might be for you. You can post messages to a newsgroup and read messages that other people have posted. It's like a community bulletin board for sharing ideas.