These classrooms provide students opportunities to connect prior learning with current experience. Learners have access to a variety of tools and resources with which to work.
Teachers can design such classrooms, and computers can help.
In this chapter and the next, we will illustrate the link between the use of technology and the constructivist principles presented in Chapter 1 . C omputers can support the variety of ways learners construct their own understanding. Students who gather information from the Internet can be self-directed and independent. They can choose what sources to examine and what connections to pursue. Depending on the parameters set by teachers, the students may be in complete control of their topics and their explorations.