Particularly in regard to rural communities, there should be no excuse today for
geography to be a barrier to learning. Through connected on-line learning,
children anywhere can quickly move from being passive consumers of knowledge (if
at all) to an active participant in learning. As well, there is a sense of
ownership of the computer, and it is a very real and comparatively cheap method
of encouraging school attendance, something I note is a particular and welcome
focus in the Northern Territory education system under Chief Minister Paul
Henderson