How the Internet has changed my life

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How the Internet has changed my life
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• The advent of internet-based databases caused a
  major shift in my life.  Due to the student
  information system, Infinite Campus, my career
  changed from a network design consultant to a
  database systems analyst and trainer.  After
  working on that system for 3 years, I was asked
  to take over operation of the technology
  department for the Muskego-Norway School
  District.Bob Boyd

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• Well, I would have to say that an important
  change in my life due to theInternet is a man
  named Gerry, who I met on the personals after I
   broke upwith my boyfriend of 3years.Turns
  out the guy is absolutely great.YAHOO!Janet

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• The internet has impacted my life in scores of
  exciting ways.  At one point in my career the
  internet made me a better teacher by offering me
  access to resources and ideas that I would
  otherwise not have had access.  Now, as a teacher
  in an online school, the internet makes it
  possible for me to be a teacher. The influence of
  the internet has gone far professional assistance
  to impact my personal life as well.  The internet
  has allowed me to keep in contact with friends
  and family who are far away and in a world
  without the internet may have become mere distant
  relations or former acquaintances.  Additionally,
  the internet has allowed me to make new social
  connections through my involvement with blogging.
• Anna

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• The internet, particularly email, has improved
  my ability to communicate, save time and money,
  and collaborate. I do side work for my father's
  photography business. Many of the files used are
  emailed back and forth. Ten years ago I would
  have had to physically spend the time and money
  to travel from Hartford to Menomonee Falls to do
  what we do today. It saves on expenses and
  increases profit for all involved. Unfortunately,
  my father has both poor English and typing skills
  so sometimes I have to call long distance (no
  cell or high speed... yet) just to figure out
  what he wants. But for the rest of the family,
  friends, and contacts, email does improve the
  bottom line.
• Paul Pulvermacher

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• How the internet has change my life
• The internet for all intensive purposes is my
  life. Its hard to believe how quickly that has
  happened. I graduated from college only ten years
  ago. I did not have my own computer. I did not
  email anyone. I did not use/search the web very
  much. Today, I check my email as Im getting
  ready in the morning. I pay my bills online,
  conduct any research online. I rarely use the
  phonebook anymore. When there is a computer issue
  at work, like the network being down, it seems
  like life comes to a standstill. It is truly
  amazing how fast and how much the internet has
  become an integral part of my life.
• Jamie Beckman

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• How has the Internet changed my life -
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• The Internet has allowed me the opportunity to
  communicate with people more frequently and
  efficiently.  This increase in communication has
  had a positive impact on my career, my students
  and their families, and my personal life.  The
  speed with which you can express your feelings,
  ask questions and receive information saves time
  and makes work time much more productive.
• Kimberly Stuve

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• The Internet has provided me with a way to keep
  in constant contact with the people I need to
  without having to contanstly travel to be with
  them or having to keep late hours at work while I
  monitor/work with my students.   It has allowed
  me to spend precious time at home without
  abandoning my work, friend, and family
  responsibilities.
• Brian Yearling

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• My life has changed immensely due to the
  Internet.  First of all, my job as a high school
  English teacherhas gotten much easier.  With
  online grading programs and email communication,
  keeping parents informed of their child'sgrade
  is more efficient and less time consuming.  Also,
  my lesson plans change and improve constantly.  I
  am able to access a multitude of new information,
  ideas and lesson plans from educators world wide.
   With easy access to so many resources, one
  should feel ashamed to use the same lessons year
  after year.  On a personal note, I can't imagine
  my life without the Internet.  Email is a
  wonderful way to keep in touch with family
  members throughout the state and country.  Also,
  paying bills and shopping online saves time for a
  single mom.  I don't always have time to browse
  through the stores, but I could do so online,
  create a shopping list and head out to the store
  with a mission in mind.  These few elements
  really have improved my life.
• Peg Meddaugh

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• I don't think these are 'changes' in my life
  because for as long as I can remember we've had
  internet, at least since high school.The
  internet has allowed me to become really aware of
  all kinds of details in a short amount of
  time.... the weather, the news, the lowest
  possible price when shopping, phone numbers and
  addresses, driving directions, airline schedules
  ....I don't own a phone book, I don't own a map,
  I don't have a date book or an address book, I
  don't write letters, I don't own a cookbook, I
  rarely write checks to pay bills....So maybe
  these aren't important changes but the
  expectation that I wantto know now, I want it
  taken care of now, I want everything to
  beinstant and convenient are all direct results
  of the Internet.
• Melissa Schuett

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• As an English teacher and aspiring writer, I,
  too, love the feel of books. Greater than that
  love, though, is the love of knowledge. I love
  trivia. I love knowing a little bit about a lot
  of things and a lot about a few things. As a kid,
  I used to read our encyclopedias just for
  something to do. So, one of the greatest things
  about the Internet is that I can research any
  little thing at any time, and I do. Today I saw a
  bug I had never seen before, so I looked it up. I
  think it was some kind of sawfly, which I had not
  even heard of before. Whenever my five year-old
  son asks me a question I cant answer, which is
  frequently, I say, I dont know. Well have to
  look that up on the Internet. The only downside
  is the occasional pang of regret I feel on behalf
  of encyclopedia salespeople!
• Penni Uribe

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• Most important change in mylife because of
  internet is being able to stay ineasy contact
  with my friends all over the world.  One of my
  very closefriends serves in the army in
  Afghanistan and it is nice to be able to
  emailhim and get a quick response saying he is
  ok.Kristin Hubmann

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• Here is my thoughts on what has changed.
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• 1. Communication with friends and family through
  email.
• 2. Research in general. (Examples Consumer
  Reports, for school, ect.)
• 3. Pay the bills and save on postage.
• 4. Keep up with current events other than a
  newpaper.
• 5. Shopping
• Rob Grisar

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• An important change that the Internet brought to
  my life is "time". The Internet allows me the
  time to communicate with family and friends about
  what events that partake in my life and in my
  family's. I am able to send messages to multiple
  people when necessary without rewriting
  information, or I am able to keep up a web page
  that informs them about the events that happen
  each year. Also, I have access to an array of
  information written about an enfanent amount of
  subjects, which makes it easy to find information
  about sport teams and players around the country,
  especially the Packers, Brewers, and Bucks. Along
  with that, I am able to shop stores and order
  merchandise (also tickets to events) without
  getting out of my pajamas.
• Carl Dehne

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• The question for today is what do I believe to
  be an important change in my life because of the
  Interent. On  personal level, I could probably
  begin by saying that using the Internet has
  greatly assisted me in my research and
  post-graduate work (access to libraries and
  databases from around the world).In the
  classroom alone, it has allowed me to greatly
  increased daily communication with parents. I
  believe that by using Email, Webgrader, the
  school's website etc, parents are becoming more
  involved in the education of their children.
• Rosie Green

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• It has made my life more convenient.  Sending
  attachments, looking upinformation and not
  having to travel to find it, communicating
  andsharing with others, printing pictures,
  paying the bills, shopping,etc.  It has also
  made teaching easier too through hands on
  activitiesthat help make material revelant to
  students lives.
• Daniel Simonson

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• The biggest change the Internet has had on my
  life is that it has given me the ability to stay
  in touch with family and friends around the
  world.  I frequently communicate with friends in
  Antartica, Mexico,and all around the USA.  If I
  did not have the Internet, I feel as if I would
  not be in touch with a lot of the people I
  communicate with.
• Amanda Simon

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• I thought long and hard about the importance of
  the change the web and internet have had in my
  life.  It came down to a matter of convenience
  having information at my fingertips without
  having to leave my house.  On the down side it is
  easy to get lost in the sea of information
  forgetting your original goal.
•             The internet or web has provided a
  means of using my time more efficiently.  The web
  has provided a proficient communication tool
  between the classroom and parents.  A medium
  where class assignments and expectations can be
  posted and resources to help students complete
  assignments.  With the glut of information at my
  finger tips I am able to comparison shop, read
  reviews, and purchase items from my home and have
  them delivered to my home.  I am able to pay
  bills and manage my bank account over the
  internet.  I found and applied for my current
  position online.
• Jim Nelson

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• The biggest changes in my life resulting from
  the Internet are 1) I have a teaching job online,
  which allows me to work from home most of the
  time and teach students from all across the
  state. 2)My husband has a job (he works for an
  ISP) 3) The Internet is my primary source for
  information, news, recipes, teaching ideas,
  directions, and even my telephone is through the
  internet.
• Angela Jurisch

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• Changes in my life because of the internet or
  webI can think of two that I feel are at the
  topIt makes my life much easier, both as a
  teacher and realtor.  I am able toaccess
  information quickly and easily.On the coat tail
  of that, it helps me to communicate better,
  faster, andmore often.  Not just with both of my
  jobs and parents or clients, but italso allows
  me to keep in regular contact with people that I
  would mostlikely not keep in contact without the
  ease of the ease of e-mail.Sue Guzinski