Why Use Online Technology in K-12 Classrooms?
• Real-time data and a vast array of visual images are only available online. • Online projects tend to have relevance for students. • Format attracts and motivates students. • Appeals to students with different learning modalities:verbal, visual, etc. • Supports systemic reform and the paradigm shift of teacher as information provider to teacher as facilitator of learning. • Supports equity in learning. • Students learn skills useful beyond school.
