ABSTRACT
The networked computer is changing the lives of teachers. Teachers are eager to have their student's access electronic information so that they can engage in international communication. However, teachers know that meanings are attained through the integration of inner and outer experiences, and that students learn by making meanings, not only by receiving data. Many teachers are walking a tightrope, balancing instruction with construction, routine activities with spontaneous activities, and safety with risk. Even the more traditional teachers at Bayside realize that, in the last part of the 1990s, it is too late to keep the horses in the barn. The roles of teachers have always been in flux, but never as much as they are today. Teachers are ready for the technologies that have entered their lives, and their field has undergone a constructionist shift. Knowledge is no longer thought of as a "substance" to be poured into children's heads.
