SchoolNet
The use of ICT and Internet in schools provides a gateway to information without frontiers and a catalyst for teacher and student dialogs beyond the walls of a single class. A schoolnet facilitates interaction among students and teachers provoking increased involvement in curriculum development and as a result expands the available resource base.
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Ideally, a schoolnet links classrooms from different schools and enables students to collaborate electronically on joint projects online. In some cases network systems within a school that connect students with each other and provide them with access to the Internet are also referred to as schoolnets.
Most often, a schoolnet provides access to the Internet and the world of telecommunications for all schoolchildren. This equips them with basic life skills as well as employment-related abilities. It fosters organisation, partnerships, and networking as it draws on the vast resources available on the Internet. Students are engaged in exploration and simulation instead of being passive recipients of information.
Teachers and students use computer-based tools such as text, graphics, editors, databases, or spreadsheets, which expose them to working in style and with the tools that are used in industrial, commercial, and intellectual life. Teachers have access to students' assessment databases where data about each student's knowledge map are stored. These data allow for more effective learning environments. Teachers now have tools to make sophisticated and complex pedagogical decisions based on detailed information.