Then we have our tea. Albert, William and Prudence. The paper contained maps, charts, comparisons of economic indicators and information on culture, religions and political systems. The paper was reviewed by faculty members and judged to be an effective, comprehensive paper. The difference between doing a sophisticated electronic pastiche of information on Burkino Faso and building knowledge about Burkino Faso relates to how we interpret the notion of learning in an information-enhanced environment, and the role of the teacher in ensuring that students have the skills and competencies, not just to use technology, but to succeed in this type of learning.
Learners frequently become lost in a morass of data from texts and from inquiry projects.
Between electronic information pastiches, such as the Burkino Faso example, and knowledge construction is an unexplored gulf. In the near future, all the representations that human beings have invented will be instantly accessible anywhere in the world on intimate, notebook-size computers. My answer is embedded in my definition of learning. It is, at once, individual and social, integral to personal, social and emotional growth. It is a process that is highly amenable to mediation by skilled learners and skilled use of technologies.