THE INTERNET IN KINESIOLOGY AND PHYSICAL-EDUCATION

Throughout America the click of computer keys is replacing the scratch of a pencils. Properly used, technology increases students' learning opportunities, motivation, and achievement; it helps students acquire skills that are rapidly becoming essential in the workplace; and it br eaks the barriers of rime and space, enabling students in any communit y to have access to high-quality instruction. The Internet is developi ng at an astounding rate. It will become the primary means of communic ation in the 21st century. An overview of the Internet, with applicati ons in kinesiology/physical education, is presented in this paper. The following topics are discussed: (a) What is the Internet; (b) The ori gin of the Internet; (c) Elements of the Internet; and (d) Emerging te chnologies.