Cyberspace and Virtual Societies

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One of the increasingly important aspects of the JUNIORS curriculum is the use of Internet. The significance of Internet can never be overestimated, as it directly touches the heart and pulse of the society of the future. As Internet is not only a technological means, but also a new form of societal infrastructure of global scope, introducing it in the curriculum through educational projects will put students in the future mode. Becoming versed in the use and possibilities of Internet brings the student in direct contact with the key determinant of social change, as this is oriented toward the already developing Global Society. The limitless possibilities for communication, exchanges and learnings through the dimension of CYBER SPACE, raises the Internet to a global means of instant interconnectedness and interdependence on the levels of both knowledge and cross-cultural contact. Thus an educational approach which has the future in view would inevitably anticipate that the use of Internet in the school curriculum will and must become increasingly central. The CYBER Kids curriculum gives the students a head start in this direction. It is a requirement at CYBER Kids that each student must make their own home page on our server www.cyber.cy.net