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In closing, I want to note that there are as many websites geared toward methods and theories of teaching on the web as there are sites of information and interaction themselves. Among these sites, teachers will find many articles by educational theorists that warn teachers against their impulse to put instructional materials on the web or to rely on the web for research assignments. I have found most of these skeptics to be limited in their conception of the Web simply because the authors have conceptualized curriculum as a one-way street: one that moves from the domain of the teacher to the garage of the student. But creative works bring pleasure to many, including the author. One of the best ways to learn is through doing, and designing web pages and projects that center productively on the acts of exploration enable us all to learn.
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