In Section 2.4 we explored how networked computing helped increase communication, productivity and instruction in schools and by teachers. In this unit we will consider this further in the context of emerging technological tools and roles that creative teachers are finding for them. Some of these tools may be too radical for introduction in your schools; nevertheless, it is useful to be aware of them. Others are familiar tools, and you may find from the experience of others newer ways of utilising them. The array of such tools is truly awesome.

Almost every day new programs and applications (apps) are being made available for use. These applications go beyond PowerPoint presentations and data projectors, though they are very important tools in their own right. Many of these new tools are web based and almost all free.

We will anchor the study of Section 3.1 of Chapter 9 of the book by Poole and Sky-McIlvain . We will work through five learning objects as listed in table below: