The different ways that you can communicate online are e-mail, IM, chat rooms, and blogging. There are many pros and cons to these ways of online communication. For example, on chat rooms pretty much everything you say is not private. Also, you usually don't know everyone that you are talking to. Sometimes they can become dangerous. There are other ways to communicate with your friends online too like facebook and myspace. These cites are better in my mind because you can limit to who you can communicate with by only accepting people you know and setting your privacy settings to the way you want them. Some good things about online communicating are that it is an easy way to communicate with your friends and family all over the world. When parents go on trips without their children they usually still keep in touch with them through the use of e-mail. It is fast and effective. Anyone can use it as long as you are old enough. As long as you know how to stay safe, communicating online is a great choice.