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.