These issues include a need for procedures for insuring web-site maintenance, making decisions about the types of information that should be posted, and addressing accuracy, copyright, and privacy concerns. The information age has brought with it many ways to keep us informed. Perhaps the most significant impact today has been through the Internet. The growth of the Internet has been phenomenal. Today, you are considered innovative if you have your own web site with an elaborate home page containing animations and music.
Most people today have access to the Internet.
Realizing its importance, many organizations, associations, and colleges and universities who have direct relationships or interests in industrial and technical teacher education have developed their own web sites and it appears that these web sites are being visited regularly. This is a substantive volume of activity. This reinforces the point that the Internet is an important medium that can be used to share information across the technology-related disciplines. In order to effectively share information about these disciplines via the Internet, web sites must be developed and regularly maintained. As professionals, we must strive for web sites that accurately portray our mission and goals.