OBJECTIVES

Inquiry-based Internet projects help learners to:

1. Renew interest in learning

2. Gain an awareness of technology and strengthen these skills

3. Enhance reading and writing skills

4. Use their minds well

5. Complete projects which they perceive as useful and meaningful

Internet projects help teachers to:

1. Renew interest in teaching

2. Break away from the traditional chalk and talk, text, and exercise sheets

3. Have the freedom to design/adapt projects meaningful to them and their learners

4. Demonstrate the power of "real" projects

5. Develop computer skills and improve understanding of uses of technology in teaching

6. Reduce the isolation of the classroom