Reason One: Expansion of Time and SpaceIn a typical high school a student has access to a teacher for one hour each day. That means she has access to the teacher approximately for 6% of a 16-hour waking day, and even that time is shared with 25 classmates. But she has access to the Internet 100% of the time. That’s a lot better — some twenty times better. Yes, technology is no substitute for an inspiring teacher. However, on-line materials are FAR more available. -John Page

Although a majority of these reasons are geared towards visual learners, Page’s reasoning is sound, particularly when he gets into the automatic emphasis on project-based learning and individual pacing the Internet provides. My only question is: how do we make the transition?

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