Integrated and usable knowledge is possible when learners develop multiple representations of ideas and, through their work in school and beyond, are engaged in activities that require them to use this knowledge. While a web site is part medium and part message, content is still the most crucial aspect of any site. To begin changing this notion, educators must get involved in developing web sites focused on delivering pertinent content. In a typical excavation season, archaeologists will uncover large bodies of data each week. Traditionally, archaeologists will spend years inputting data and performing preliminary analyses before deciding on an introductory format that will allow only some of the findings to be published.
Many more years pass before all data is finally released to the public.
These reports will not only prove informative for scholars but also educational for students at all learning levels. The summer of 1999 will be the first excavation season of the renewed excavations at Tel el-Far'ah. It will also be the perfect time to begin using the WWW to its fullest capacity as a real-time excavation tool. Using QTVR, students will be able to go on virtual tours of the Tel el-Far'ah archaeology site, or examine virtual objects of the Egyptian and the ancient Near Eastern empires as if they were holding them in their hands. Streaming audio and video interviews intensely involve viewers in the learning process.