These kinds of technologies have become commonplace in the business community, but remain almost revolutionary in the world of education. In a technology education classroom where several different systems of technology will be taught about, resources become difficult to obtain. A technology educator will not be able to find one comprehensive text or software program to provide the students with all of the background material necessary to understand these concepts. Beyond using textbooks and printed material to give students access to various concepts and rules, hypertext and use of the Internet can provide more current and varied information to students. Information on the Internet is more than text.
Sources can include graphical images, animation, and sound samples as well as interactive documents.
Several locations on the Internet allow users to control robots or cameras in remote locations, merely by interacting on the home computer screen. If students are given the opportunity to not only read about a concept, but also view it, or receive auditory stimulation, they are more likely to comprehend. A classroom teacher could teach effectively with a limited set of resources. If the teacher believes that the students are capable of using the Internet to research a topic, then the students can be taught how to use a modem, with a basic computer system to connect to library services, the Internet, and information on the Word Wide Web. This would open up a vast amount of information for them to access.