CHAPTER 8.

FUTURE OF INTERNET

• Discuss the evolution of Internet and the underlying factors that help its growth;
• Explain the capabilities of Internet of things to the current and future generation;
• Discuss the essence of Digital Literacy in our generation;
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of too much interconnectivity to the millenials;
• Explain the oppurtunities and capabilities of internet

Evolution of Internet of Things

a. Pre-Internet
A Human-to-Human Communication era wherein internet does not yet artist.
What only existed is the network, which is used in sending messages through SMS and
via telephone calls.
b. Internet of Content
Highlights the emergence of World Wide Web to where it is used in the early
forms of emails and services for entertainment.
c. Internet of Services
Internet is used in a frequent way, commonly applied in e-commerce and e-
productivity
d. Internet of People
The internet continues to develop as a convenient way of connecting with
different people. It is with the help of various technological innovations such as the birth
of Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.
e. Internet of Things
Because of the continuous evolution in the Internet, the communication between
machines is born. In this era, the creation of Artificial Intelligence and various machines
has levelled up its human features.

Lesson 2. Factors behind the Success of Internet

1. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol

These protocols provide standards in using the internet. Considered as a
communication language, IP is used by various computers with the use of network.

What is IPv6?
It is the newest version of Internet Protocol, which follows the growth in the
internet. It is an upgraded version of the version 4 that focuses on the security issues
and mobility features. In addition, it featured lengthened version of the 32 bits to 128
bits.
What are some of the features of IPv6?
a. Provided an Internet Protocol Security support.
b. Lengthened version of the 32 bits to 128 bits.
c.Manual Configuration is not required
d. Moves data to an Internet Protocol Version 6 extension headers.

2. World Wide Web and Hypertext Markup Language

These links will lead to different data stored in a computer through network. This gives
access to the following contents from resources called websites.
 3. Browser/Search Engines
Browser is a type of software program that gives way to World Wide Web in its
capabilities in accessing data while a search engine is software that enables the user to
search on the internet.
4. Internet Service Providers
a. Regional Internet Service Providers
It provides Internet service in local users of a geographical area.
b. National Internet Service Providers
One of the types of Internet Service Provider that gives access to different cities
in a specific area. Rates of these services depending on different features it
provides.

Lesson 3. Opportunities and Challenges

1. Smarter Cities
Because of the technological advances, cities will be able to use this in
controlling different aspects of that is vital to the development of the community. This
also includes the business and cities itself in handling large data and in monitoring the
safety of the people in a community by the use of surveillance cameras and even
transportations.
2. Access
The Internet allows us to have an easy access to information and data and
enable us to control it. But with these capabilities, there are greater risks. This involves
the violation of privacy and other cybercrime-related issues. With these and the
participation of everyone who is in the expertise, expect that more actions will be taken
to resolve these issues.
3. Governance
The government itself can make use of the Internet in providing services for the
citizens. In the presence of Internet, governing a particular state is much easier as it
provides resources in creation, reinforcement, or reproduction of social norms and
institutions. The United Nations formed the Internet Governance Forum during the 2013
and 2015 World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). The main purpose of its
creation concerns with connecting people to share information that can lead to solutions
in a particular Internet issue. This forum also includes sharing ideas and thoughts that
can lead to different useful developments in a given Internet Governance.
4. Security
It is still a challenge for Internet to manage and handle large-scale data which is
mainly because of the wider connectivity of networks that is more prone to security
problems. On the other hand, with the evolution of Internet called the Internet of
things, more ways to handle these issues like security breaches will likely be taken into
action.
5. Businesses / E-Commerce
With the internet's integration in business, a company is able to manage its data
effectively and in predicting sales based on the data given. Internet is widely used by
businesses who wanted to keep track of their sales and the progress regarding the
satisfaction and the development of their business process. Also with higher
interconnectivity, organizations find it easier to acquire data and use it and improve their
service as a basis for their innovation. Also because of the complexity of Internet, it
would be a challenge for these organizations to be able to make it their strength.

Lesson 4. The Future Ahead: The Internet and the Millennial

An Emphasis to Digital Literacy

Digital Literacy refers to the skills of evaluating and analyzing contents about technology
use. It also pertains to the generation of information and the way of communicating it
effectively with the use of cognitive and technical skills of a person. This may include the
creation of contents in a website and the integration of tools for sharing it.
Nowadays, it is very important that humans are digital literates especially for millennials
who are widely using the Internet and are equipped with different technologies. It is for the
reason that in sharing and creating information, there should be standards or restrictions to it
and people should analyze the data first as it had a definite impact to others that is considered
part of a network.
With the fast-changing development in Internet, Digital Literacy is much in need to
effectively use the Internet and reach its purpose in forming and sharing relevant information

The Connection between the Internet and the Millennials

We are now living in a Digital World and as one of the generation is much more
concerned about the capabilities of Internet, it is more likely to affect them positively and not in
a negative manner. This is because of the realization that they are actually living in the world
that is already equipped with different technological advances and a world where everyone is
connected. In a research conducted, the impact of Internet to Millennials is examined with
application to the year 2020.

Advantages of Hyperconnectivity to Millennials in Today’s generation and into the

Future

1. Way of Communication
Social media sites are the new way for the millennials to express their thoughts,
emotions and share information to their colleagues and friends. With this, they are able
to communicate with other people through the use of online messaging and through
emails. This creates an easy access to individuals connected to a network and gives
convenience in sending and acquiring information.

2. Gathering Information
To find or locate for something in the internet, mostly make of the browsers and
search engines. Most of these users are millennials who are using these engines for their
personal, academic and professional life. However, at the top of these applications are
the social media sites that include informative contents.

3. Entertainment
The internet has become a way of entertainment for many casera Video Media
Sites, Entertainment sites and Web/Mobile Gaming enable the use to interact with
different devices powered by the Internet that keeps them interested in it.

4. Develop Thinking Capacity

Due to the advancement in technology with the help of Internet, human acquire
knowledge and from it, they learn and discover something. Internet is not only providing
education to individuals but instead it leads to the complex ability of humans to visualize
things in a larger scale allowing them to solve real life and mathematical problems that
can eventually help the society and them personally.

Disadvantages:

1.Poor life decisions

Millennials nowadays are very dependent to search engines resulting to results that
mostly are the basis for their decision-making. It is because the generation now are very time-
conscious and wanted to accomplish a task in a faster way. Moreover, because these search
engines apparently similar to a human's capability to think, these will much likely negatively
affect someone's lives, as people cannot be able to determine the difference of facts and
opinions. Millennials specially are very fond of instants and they are actually applying it to the
world of internet.

2.Poor Learning Behaviour

Impacts on every user's learning behavior would likely alter caused by the high
interaction with Internet. Based on the research conducted by Pew Research Center, too much
dependence on the information from the Internet would result in lessening the deep thinking
capabilities of individuals.
3.Lack of social skills
Together with poor learning behavior, humans specially the millennials would probably
suffer from different social issues. It is because of the walls created by the Internet to the real
world that most millennials do not have a chance to go out and communicate with their families
and friends in a face-to-face manner. This would link to poor self-confidence and different
mental illnesses, which was proven by different statistical research conducted by different
organizations concerned in the issue.
4.Unhealthy Lifestyle
Internet addiction is already an issue since then and part of the expectation in the future
years is it will still become a huge problem of the society. We cannot remove the fact that
everyone is attached in his or her phones and so we are informed of the effects of too much
usage of these devices in our health. Some of these are the sedentary lifestyle and the
development of carpal tunnel syndrome.

TEACHER’S INSIGHT
This chapter discussed the future of the Internet, which includes the process that
affected the success of the Internet are tackled which included the Internet Protocol and
Service Providers. However, the opportunities and challenges that lie in the development of
Internet are also presented. Some of these are the utilization of Internet in bringing more
secured and smarter cities and in giving opportunities to organizations in managing large-scale
data that will be beneficial in monitoring the growth of the business. In contrast, these
opportunities created more risks in terms of the information availability to a much bigger
platform that is somehow difficult to secure. The chapter also focuses on the relationship of
Internet ánd the millennials. Part of these is the advantages and disadvantages of using
Internet and too much interaction with it. It includes the convenience it gives to the users and
how it is keeping the users entertained. In contrary, the future predicts that using Internet will
probably result to poor decision making for individuals equipped with it. Lastly, the digital
literacy is highlighted to inform on how the Internet evolves over time from Pre-internet until it
reaches this generation when the Internet of things was formed. In addition, the factors the
users of the responsible use of Internet and the proper practice in sharing information and in
evaluating the authenticity of contents in web pages and in any digital platforms.

RELATE TO PRACTICE
Make a Reflection paper on the topic: “The Millennials: Partner Towards Transformational
Society; An Answer to Societal Change.”

SELF-ASSESSMENT. Answer the following questions.

1. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of Internet to millennials.

2. Describe the following era of the internet Evolution.

a. Pre-Internet

b. Internet of Content

c. Internet of Services

d. Internet of People
 e. Internet of Things

3. What is Digital Literacy?

4. In your personal opininon, in what way does internet affect the society
positively/negatively in the future? Explain your answer.

5. Did you consider yourself a digital literate? Why or why not?

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