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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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Similarities:
1. Network is popular. Teacher can communicate with teachers and students online.
2. Most classrooms are equippd with internet comupters with multimedia technologies.
3. Teachers remain important.
4. Mutlimedia technologies become necessary and important tools for teaching and learning.

Differences:
1. Communication between teachers and students or teachers and parents via internet doesn't become more frequent than before.
2. Students can access a wealth of information, but not so efficiently and strategically.
3. Digital White Board doesn't replace blackboard.
4. Information Highway is not fast enough for transmitting live classroom teaching.