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In a nutshell, this method teaches students how to look at themselves as constant learners.

Students are encouraged to collect data from their experiences outside of school through various forms of technology and media.  They then bring this information into the classroom, analyze, interpret, and apply it to whatever topic they are currently studying.

in an elementary setting, students might be studying 3D shapes in class.  The students may go home, and take digital pictures of 3D shapes in real life applications.  (Refrigerator, aquarium, garden globe, etc.)  These pictures could then be sorted, graphed, cataloged, added to a collage, digital book, or many other possibilities.