Technology is intended to be a tool for learning, rather than an end in itself.
Cameras, telephones, filmstrips, tape players, movie projectors, TVs, VCRs, and overhead projectors are just a few of the devices which fall into this category. Various technological devices have been used for decades to help students go beyond what they could learn in a non-technological classroom. As an example, consider ways in which students are often asked to investigate particular topics. We need to show them that the topics in question are ones which actively engage people around the world at this very moment. By putting them into live interaction with these people, the link is made.