Hypothesis formation an testing are natural processes as learners construct their frameworks of knowledge. The computer can facilitate this by providing opportunities for testing potential solutions to problems and by speeding up the organization and analysis of information. Students shift from consumers of information to producers. The wide range of today s technology is available to students who may wish to make a videotape, design a HyperCard program, develop transparencies for a class presentation, or use other media to show the p roducts of their learning. They produce an array of materials to demonstrate what they have learned.
Teachers use authentic assessment techniques.
I f student media projects are similar to the media in their daily lives it becomes necessary to assess their work using modern methods. A student portfolio of materials and a presentation of those by that student to the teacher and to a group of peers are among the techniques used in authentic assessment. Teachers, then, find their roles shifting from being tellers of information and classroom managers to facilitators and helpers for learners. The teachers themselves become more active learners, as they try to keep up with developments that have come on the scene since their own education was completed. As guides or directors of learning they help students locate, organize, and consume information.