The volume gA Book Describing Some Practical Examples of Internet Use in the Classroom II h summarizes our experiences with the Internet at participating schools, when used in conjunction with various classroom subjects. We fd like to express our deepest thanks to teachers from all regions of Japan who contributed to the project, and to committee members for assistance in the editing process. We want this book to find wide use and acceptance in schools throughout the country. We hope it will help expand and deepen the use of computers as an educational tool. When a new tool becomes available in the field of education, the uses found for it lean heavily on the educational concepts held by the people in whose hands the tool is placed.
Computers are a good example.
Any number of real-world studies demonstrates that ideas on education held by teachers vary quite widely. This range of ideas gives meaning to learning about other people fs ideas and comparing them with our own. This book is meant to be useful in just this process. Engaging in this activity produces new ideas. It often takes the appearance of some affordable new technology to make it possible to realize existing ideas.