With so many sources available it becomes imperative that information gathering be categorized to facilitate students in building these webs. The first is grazing which is sitting in front of the TV in an alpha trance, eyes wide open with information good or bad flowing in. Browsing is used for scanning a large body of information with no particular goal in mind. Newspapers, magazines, and cable TV are the high technology browsing media of today. The last is hunting mode in which one seeks specific information.
Computers are outstanding hunting equipment.
Teaching techniques must be modified to incorporate the use of computer technology in instruction and learning. The ideas of nonsequential thinking and learning by association are two cognitive constructs that need to be part of the design of teaching and learning in school. Using interactive multimedia is one of the primary methods for accomplishing this change. Interactive multimedia combines text, graphics, sound, animation, and video into a single learning environment. Since information is presented in visual and verbal modalities, individual learning styles of students are easily accommodated.