Without solid theory, how can we understand the very change we are trying to in act. I have always known the connection, but needed to see these very different cultures in a new light, the researcher and the teacher. The world wide web has made knowledge something that could not be contained by one person or one group. Knowledge was now fluid and belonged to all. Piaget which allows them to process internally what they have learned and then export this knowledge, understandings, within new products given the opportunities to do so.
Students actually construct inner and outer understandings of their learning.
What I found most exciting was that this research was happening at the MIT Media Lab and used constructs for problem solving that I could relate to as a teacher.