Using the Internet can help students become independent, critical thinkers, able to find information, organize and evaluate it and then effectively express their new knowledge. Teachers report that their students found information more quickly, drew resources from a larger number of sources in a wider variety of formats, and dealt with information in ways that made the material more relevant to their lives. In general, the study suggests that online use can be an important tool in helping students become active learners, adept at finding information and using it. Soon, students find that their regular classroom reading material seems easier by comparison. Students learn and practice note-taking skills as they sift information presented on screen and transfer important points and concepts to paper.
Computer use becomes routine rather than intimidating.
Any initial cyberphobias are quickly dispelled. Students love and appreciate time spent online. The Jeff Meyer Technology Wing at O'Keeffe Elementary Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary boasts one of the finest technology centers of any elementary school in the state of New Mexico. The technology wing was added to the O'Keeffe library in 1996 using materials purchased with money from a memorial fund set up in honor of the late Jeff Meyer, a scientist at Sandia National Laboratory, whose children attended O'Keeffe. Computers were purchased with donations from Sandia, Intel, and O'Keeffe's Friends Of The Library organization.