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“The most powerful uses are where people are producing,” Cator said. “They’re answering questions that they are intimately involved with.”

Students can perform, compose and record themselves easily with technology, turning their work into digital products that can live on the internet long after students have moved out of the class. And students are now able to connect globally in ways they’ve rarely been able to do before.

The internet has made access to data and information about the world is unprecedented, letting teachers challenge students to deeply engage with the world around them.

In recent years the focus has been on computers that teach, which the authors of a new study say has produced only mixed results, especially when considering systems designed specifically for at-risk high school students.