Students learn about geography and various cultures through his reports and observations. Many of the schools that he visits join the project and conduct direct intercultural exchanges that might include electronic mail, local newspapers, school and community memorabilia, and audio and video tapes. Currently, he is traveling through Japan, Russia, and China. New technologies are transforming our world, both inside and outside the classroom. They are radically altering our activities and changing our sense of reality.
Technology can empower teachers' creativity and students' responsibil ity for their own learning.
Learning and teaching can become a more visual experience. They offer the possibility to transform educational institutions to ones who are more just, who take advantage of a diverse student population, and who foster the understanding and appreciation of different cultures and different learning styles. Technology provides educators with tools to address equity and access issues, to accelerate students' linguistic and conceptual development, to provide support for students who learn in different ways, and to create authentic and meaningful learning experiences. In order to take advantage of these powerful learning tools, change must initially happen within each person. The Internet as school, or welcome to our MUD room.