Does NET Help Children Learn?

NET and its importance in society is increasingly recognised. This is highlighted in a recent report.(Cook and Smith, 2002).
Although NET is challenging and requires instructors and learners to adapt, it can be an effective way to learn about concepts, and model the principles and ideology that are at the core of education..

In the past Education were delivered through traditional, in – classroom methods which allowed for interaction between the lecturer and the students. Now learning via the NET is available and can be the preferred choice of individuals. The intent of teaching via NET is to teach the concepts within an environment that model the ideology and principles, particularly high-level participation or engagement and empowerment.

NET offers new opportunities for both educators and learners to enrich their teaching and learning experiences, through virtual environments that support not just the delivery but also the exploration and application of information and the promotion of new knowledge.. NET enables learners to have as much choice as is practically and economically possible

NET emphases on the constructivist use of technologies which provides students with opportunities to construct their own understandings. Skinners’s behaviourism. Piaget’s cognitive constructivism and Vygotsky’s social constructivism can all be facilitated through NET Tam (2000)

The NET uses collaborative learning strategies which allows students to have a voice, to feel safe articulating fears and ideas and to learn collectively, critically and in consultation with teachers who are there to facilitate, challenge and guide students to take an active role in constructing knowledge.
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In addition NET supports the achievement of the New Zealand curriculum by facilitating knowledge and skills acquisition During school years and beyond, learners will engage in endless opportunity to learn on their own. The use of NET will continue to evolve and there is a need to ensure that NET is adapted into our curriculum.

The NET today is the bedrock of the future. It promotes communication, fosters interaction, and is becoming an increasingly important entity in modern society. It provides us access to a lot of information and offers profound opportunities to exercise creativity. Yet looking ahead, it is but one milestone. Just in business today are finding the NET to be worthwhile and lucrative pursuit, I trust we educators will find the NET more and more rewarding in our mission to empower learners through learning.