Telecommunications provides many opportunities for students to work cooperatively, both within their own classes and groups comprised of students at different schools. Improves communication skills. Telecommunications can enhance learning by providing unique opportunities for students to practice, demonstrate, and critique written communication skills. Communicating through a modem is quite a different experience from communicating in person. Students soon learn to be explicit and sharpen their skills in order to get their points across to peers in other cities and countries.
Telecommunications also offers a forum for students to share their manuscripts and stories.
Many teachers have been impressed by the effort students put into their writings when the students realize their work will be shared with their peers in other schools. Enhances multicultural education. Telecommunications makes it feasible to connect students and teachers in national and international exchanges. These links enable students from very different backgrounds to construct cultural bridges by investigating common issues from different perspectives. Students throughout the world can communicate daily about lifestyles, politics, careers, and so on.