Some examples are e-mail, bulletin boards, and computer conferences. Jonassen, Carr, and Yueh provide several reasons why educators should use technology as mindtools. Students become designers of the knowledge that they are learning, which requires them to think harder about the knowledge being learned. Knowledge is constructed and not reproduced. Students are not relying on the teacher to interpret things, thus students are constructing their own thoughts and views.
Computers are tools that help to enhance students' thinking and learning.
Computers, when used as mindtools, make students the source of problem solving, planning, and self-regulation. Computers can help students by distributing cognitive processing by calculating, storing, and retrieving information. Mindtools can be applied to any subject matter, and mindtools applications are abundant and affordable. Gut Reaction Students will learn so much more when they are required to construct their own knowledge through creating representations of what they are learning. When students have to create something, they must think about relationships among ideas and provide rationalizations for why they created something in a certain way.