myinternet School Internet Access Platform

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myinternet - School Internet Access
Platform Welcome
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Where Are We? 2003

ICT is integrated in all aspects of personal,
social, economic and cultural lives Life
long learning policies Participation and
Equity and bridging the digital divide
Teacher as learner and facilitator
Integrating learning technologies across the
curriculum Learning anywhere, anytime
The Internet as an important tool for learning
e-Learning Broadband solutions for Education
Enriched web media, multimedia, broadcast,
narrow cast, video conferencing,
edutainment
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Where Are We? 2003

ICT across the curriculum and School
processes e-Learning Technologies policies and
planning Multimedia applications allow for
interaction and diversity in approaches to
learning Collaboration tools synchronous and
asynchronous communications Scheduling and
tracking, personal profiling dynamic databases
Online education communities include education
portals, school intranets, LMS, VLEs providing
online Curriculum Resource Centres Effective
learners are information literate, and know how
to learn. Effective learners are digitally
literate knowing how to use physical and
electronic resources.
Everyone is a learner in the knowledge
society Learning to learn and in time access to
information Skills knowledge thinking
learning outcomes
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Begin with the end in mind Steven Covey
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What does myinternet offer?

• Our Software
• SINA - Schoolsnet Internet Network Administrator
  software
• myinternet desktop School virtual intranet and
  desktop portal
• Webmail mymail
• myclasses - Virtual Learning Environment

• Our Services
• Service hardware configuration and maintenance
• Customer Help Desk and technical support services
• Education and Training services

SINA is a registered trade mark of myinternet
Limited
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Where is the myinternet service?

• Australian Deployments
• VIC DET, SA DECS,TAS
• Canberra Schools on the Net (CSN)
• Wollongong, Broken Bay, Wagga CEO (CASTNet)
• Victorian Catholic Education Virtual Network
  (CEVN)
• CEO WA (CathEdNet)
• CEO Canberra Goulburn
• SA CEO

• International Deployments
• New Zealand - LinkED, Schoolzone
• UK Birmingham Grid for Learning (BGfL PLUS),
  Northern Grid for Learning (PLUS Teacher Portal)
• Hong Kong English Schools Foundation

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What is the myinternet software?
Our Software and Services deliver to each school

• A website and virtual domain hosting.
• An unlimited number of email accounts.
• A personal home page for every teacher and
  student.
• A password protected intranet service.
• Filtered WWW access.
• Web-based email program.
• School-based control over Internet access.
• All of which can be accessed and managed from any
  Internet connected computer at school, home or
  anywhere else.

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SINA
Using the SINA software schools can tailor the
creation of access accounts in a way that
supports the needs of the local school community.

• Creating Individual accounts for teachers and
  students provides
• A unique school email address for each
  individual
• Access to mymail, POP3 and SMTP services.
• Access to a personal home page.
• Access to the myinternet desktop.
• Allows tracking of access via proxy services.
• Allows flexibility to control privileges of use.
• Allows for user pays principle.
• Allows targeting of content through the
  myinternet desktop.

SINA is a registered trade mark of myinternet
Limited
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SINA
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SINA
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SINA
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SINA
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SINA
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School website and home pages
Schools can tailor the school website in a way
that supports the needs of the school community.
This includes

• Adding or removing pages.
• Changing the overall look and feel.
• Customising feedback forms for particular
  audiences.
• Creating secure areas for specific groups of
  users.

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School website and home pages
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School website and home pages
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School website and home pages
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School website and home pages
Schools can control access to materials published
to the web by teachers and students.

• Options are to provide home page privileges to
• Teachers only.
• Senior student groups or individuals
  participating in specific projects.
• All student groups.
• Options are to set viewing privileges of
  individual home pages to
• WWW.
• All school users.
• Teachers only.
• A specific year level.

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School website and home pages
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Filtering
The default filtering mechanism uses the worlds
most comprehensive categorised filtering database
from N2H2. Level of Control Schools have the
ability to determine what aspects of filtering
are applied based on the knowledge and
expectation of their local community. This
includes

• Email filtering.
• Attachment filtering.
• WWW site filtering.
• IP address filtering.
• Local overrides to centrally filtered sites.

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Filtering
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Filtering
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Filtering
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Monitoring
All activity through the myinternet proxy
services is recorded and reprocessed for schools
to view as online statistics. Schools need to
consider what aspects of this will reviewed, by
whom and how often.

• Just a few examples of what can be monitored
  includes
• WWW traffic
• Email traffic
• Access Denied
• Top 100 sites
• Search engines used

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Monitoring
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Monitoring
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myinternet Desktop
Using the myinternet software schools can tailor
the Internet in a way that supports the
curriculum needs of the school.

• The benefits of the myinternet desktop and
  virtual intranet environment
• Direct access to mymail.
• Access to school-wide communications tools.
• Access to quality education content.
• Allows secure 24hr access via any Internet
  connection.
• Allows teachers to quickly publish content.
• Allows for collaboration between schools.
• Eliminates the need for local intranet hardware.

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Communication and collaboration
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Communication and collaboration
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Communication and collaboration
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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Curriculum resources
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myinternet Desktop
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Publishing desktop content
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Publishing desktop content
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Publishing desktop content
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Publishing desktop content
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mymail web-based email for schools
Using the mymail software enables school users to
communicate with the rest of the world via email.

• The benefits of mymail include
• Easily accessed from the myinternet desktop.
• Fully functional email program.
• Designed specifically for schools.
• Allows secure 24hr access via any Internet
  connection.
• Contains no advertising.
• Allows for collaboration between schools.
• Eliminates the need for local email server and
  client software.

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mymail
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mymail
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mymail
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mymail
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mymail
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mymail
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myclasses

• K-12 appropriate Virtual Learning Environment
  (VLE).
• Provides desktop Class Pages for individual
  classes.
• Able to import educational resources from
  multiple repositories, including learning
  objects.
• e-Learning Folios (eLF) to allow educational
  context to be placed around resources forming
  class activities.
• Includes a content repository for storing and
  managing learning objects.

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• There is no learning theory that suggest learning
  can happen without doing and making, not just
  watching and choosing.
• We need creative learners not passive choosers as
  citizens and workers and parents
• Dr.Stephen Hepple

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Overview
myclasses is a Virtual Learning Environment
(VLE) which enables teachers to find, assemble,
schedule and use online resources to facilitate
online learning effectively and easily. It
enables teachers to provide students with a
structured, clear and easily accessible online
learning experience.
myclasses
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What Will Teachers Do?
1. Search
The teacher uses the federated search facility
and associated metadata (i.e. Category, Audience,
Source etc) to find resources most suited to the
activity.
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What Will Teachers Do?
2. Assemble
From the list of related resources the teacher
then chooses the suitable items and adds them to
a container (e-Learning Folio) for class
activities.
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What Will Teachers Do?
3. Deliver
The e-Learning Folio appears within the Class
Pages it has been made available to and the
resources are then available to students ready
for use.
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e-Learning Folio
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• If we expect children to receive information that
  is rich with multiple media types and highly
  engaging but do not expect them to contribute we
  will only have a National Reservoir for Teaching
  instead of a National Grid for Learning. This is
  about Information Communication Technology (ICT)
  not Information Dissemination Technology (IDT)
• Dr. Stephen Hepple

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Class Foyer
myclasses

• The Class Foyer is the entry point for all users
  of myclasses. The Class Foyer consists of
• A welcome banner with links to information about
  the users privileges
• A list of all of the users classes
• Access to a set of Flash tutorials to provide an
  easy method of learning about the various
  elements of myclasses
• A navigation bar
• A side tool bar giving access to a variety of
  tools.

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Class Foyer
myclasses
Navigation bar
Side tool bar
Welcome banner
myclasses tutorials
Class summary
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Class Foyer
myclasses
The Welcome banner contains links to information
about myclasses.
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Class Foyer
myclasses

• The navigation tabs at the top of the page allow
  users to access all of their myinternet tools
• School website
• mydesktop
• myclasses
• mymail
• SINA Administration if you are the administrator

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Class Foyer
myclasses
Teacher Menu
Student Menu
The side tool bar allows the user to access and
utilise tools supporting the use of myclasses.
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Class Foyer
myclasses
Teacher Menu
Student Menu
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Class Foyer
The subjects/year levels chosen in the
Profile will appear as defaults within the Search
Resources options.
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Class Foyer
myclasses
Teacher Class Summary- All Classes the teacher
has created.
Student Class Summary- Classes of which the
student is a member.
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Class Foyer
myclasses
The Tutorials Property on the right-hand side of
the Class Foyer contains links to animated help
modules on various topics to help teachers get
the most out of myclasses.
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Class Pages
myclasses
Create a new Class Page via the Side Tool bar..
or the Class Summary Property in the Class Foyer.

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Creating a Class Page
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Creating a Class Page
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Properties appear differently within the Class
Page for teachers and students, as illustrated in
this example
Teacher, or Manage view
Student view
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
E-Learning Folios Property -comprises
online resources for a lesson.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Class Files Property A repository of relevant
files and resources made available to your class.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Class Calendar Property -enables you to view and
schedule events for your class in a calendar
format.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Class Journal - Provides a Journal Property for
students to record journal entries.
Shared Journal
Private Journal
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Class Notice Board Provides a place to
post messages to your class.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Class Image Property Can be used to display
photos or work on the Class Page.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Text and Images Property- The Text and Images
Property can contain text, images or hyperlinks
relevant to your class.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Add Class Members and Maintainers
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Creating a Class Page
Adding members by uploading a file
myclasses
Select file and click upload
and click Add. The names now appear in the
Current Students list.
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Creating a Class Page
myclasses
Adding members by searching for users
highlight names and click Add. The names now
appear in the Current Students list.
Select group and sorting option
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Creating a Class Page
Adding maintainers
myclasses
and click Add. The names now appear in the
Current Maintainers list.
Select maintainers from the list
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Viewing a Class Page
myclasses
Teacher View of the Class Page
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Viewing a Class Page
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Student View of the Class Page
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Class Manager
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Overview
myclasses
Evidence indicates that when used effectively,
"technology applications can support higher-order
thinking by engaging students in authentic,
complex tasks within collaborative learning
contexts" (Means, Blando, Olson, Middleton,
Morocco, Remz Zorfass, 1993).
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..he who cannot draw on three thousand years is
living from hand to mouth Goethe
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Managed Implementation Program
Phases of Implementation Phase 1- Term 4,2003 18
schools using CASTNET Connectivity Phase 2-
Term 1,2004 18 schools using System
Infrastructure (CEO Sydney ) Phase 3-Term
2,onward 2004 Strategic full deployment
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Managed Implementation Program
"The secret of change in an educational
environment lies in the applied common sense of
the teachers involved... teachers know more than
they think they know. The core problem is putting
that knowledge into action, and that means
reflecting on or processing what they think and
developing a flexible sense of where they are
going." Stiegelbauer (1994), therefore, it is
important for administrators to realise that
teachers are the most critical element in the
change process.
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Managed Implementation Program

• The 'change process' requires a long-term plan of
  action, refinement, and support in order to
  integrate and clarify the innovations
  successfully. This process includes those factors
  that are part of Fullan's (1995) three phases of
  change.
• These phases are
• Initiation deciding on a change agenda and
  commence preparatory work.
• Implementation putting the innovation into
  action and context.
• Entrenchment or continuation seeing the
  innovation in place and integrated into the daily
  life of the school.

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Innovation integrated into Teacher Best Practice
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The Managed Implementation Program seeks to
develop an appropriate model for the introduction
of myinternet software broadly into the Sydney
CEO deployment. It aims to establish a critical
mass of teacher knowledge and confidence to
support the rollout and through extensive
evaluation, both formal and informal, inform the
implementation process.
Late Term 3 2003 SINA?, mydesktop, mymail
18 Schools K-12 Representation
18 Schools K-12 Representation
Mid Term 4 2004 SINA?, mydesktop, mymail,
myclasses and evaluation.
18 Schools K-12 Representation myclasses
130 Schools K-12 Representation SINA?,
mydesktop, mymail
Term 1 - 2004
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Managed Implementation Program

• The program will
• Provide in-depth professional development to
  increase teacher knowledge and pedagogical
  skills.
• Provide on line learning materials, tutorials and
  support.
• Provide an Individual Program Manager to provide
  single point of contact and liason.
• Promote leadership development, teacher
  collaboration and assistance.

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Managed Implementation Program

• The program will
• Create on-going dynamic teacher network that
  maintains advocacy of use in schools while
  assisting in holistic reform and change.
• Improve effective use of SINA?,mydesktop and
  myclasses to deliver learning programs utilising
  locally developed resources that are available
  for sharing with other teachers.
• Increase the use of engagement learning
  strategies by teachers and students with
  particular emphasis on project-based
  collaborative learning.
• Provide accurate evaluation to inform future
  decision-making and planning.

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Managed Implementation Program Evaluation
Evaluation will be ongoing throughout the program
focusing on both teachers and students feedback.
There will need to be some flexibility within
this evaluation based on the teacher and school
comfort levels associated with teacher use of
technology as well as time constraint factors. A
mailing list will be established and monitored
for the trial period. It will provide valuable
feedback about product functionality and use.
The questions will be incorporated into a FAQ for
further use.
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Managed Implementation Program Evaluation

• Critical questions that will be addressed in the
  evaluation will include
• Accessibility of system both on and off site,
• Functionality, availability of tools for
  collaboration, communication and organization,
• Granularity, ability to provide specific work to
  individual students,
• Interoperability, ability to search, incorporate
  and manage a diverse range of resource types from
  a variety of sources,

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Managed Implementation Program Evaluation

• Sharing, ability to store, find and aggregate
  resources,
• Flexibility, ability to utilize a wide range of
  familiar document types,
• Portability, ability to transfer knowledge
  developed in the program into other parts of the
  software suite and overall teaching pedagogy,
• Other issues identified by the CEO.
• The surveys will provide the program with data on
  teachers use of technology across the curriculum
  and instruction, classroom management,
  communications and professional growth and
  leadership.

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Leadership Support
Define Needs
Proactive
Broad Staff Involvement
Showcase Best Practice
Celebrate Success
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Primary Discussion
Internal Structures
Access
Professional Development
Support
Time Release
Blockers
Comfort Zone
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Secondary Discussion
Assessment
Course Content
Time Pressures
Negative Attitudes
Resource Management
Resource Deployment
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Teacher Collaboration
Individual Projects
Teacher Teams
Sharing Resources
Teachers as Learners
Lead by Example
Teacher Training
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Build the Need
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"....Computers are not rescuing the school from a
weak curriculum, any more than putting pianos in
every classroom would rescue a flawed music
program. Wonderful learning can occur without
computers or even paper. But once the teachers
and children are enfranchised as explorers,
computers, like pianos, can serve as powerful
amplifiers, extending the reach and depth of the
learners. Dr. Stephen Hepple