What
can the Internet do for your school?
A few months ago I talking
to our head of humanities faculty who had just returned from
an examination board meeting. At that meeting, they had discussed
the standardization of geography course work. He had displayed
some of our pupil's work there and had found their reaction
to it remarkable.
"Where on earth did they get the information this work
is based on?", was the question.
His answer, of course, was "The Internet." And so it
is - using Internet your pupils can search for information
on a wide range of topics. The information they will obtain
will be found more recent than your most up to date text books.
Their problem will be, not that of obtaining the information,
but rather a surplus of it.
Using Internet your school
will have access to a library greater than the sum total of
the public libraries in your area.
Using Internet your pupils
can consult with eminent authority to obtain the answers to
their questions and at the same time improve their communications
skills.
Using Internet your pupils
will learn to ask questions, thinking first of exactly what
they wish to know.
Using Internet your pupils
can have 'fun' - so much so that even the most recalcitrant
will be found, in their breaks or after school, working on
their projects.
So
what will we need to use Internet?
I'll give you two answers,
your solution will fit somewhere between the two:
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