We don't know the answer to all of these questions. And we won't know them until we've begun to use the medium and shared our experiences with one anther. What we do know is that the Internet is an incredibly powerful tool and has the potential for breaking down the walls of the classroom. It can transport students into the next millennium as true world citizens - and unless our students are masters of this tool, they will be left far behind in the educational and vocational marketplaces. If you're reading this, you are adventuresome enough to see this potential and want to be tap into it for the sake of your students. We can't answer the questions until we gain experience with the medium. So let's get on with it!

The Asia with PRIDE curriculum is intended to offer solid, MSPAP-based instruction via the Internet. You can be assured that the materials presented are appropriate so you can experiment with the medium itself - to see what works best in your circumstances.

And circumstances will vary greatly from school to school, and classroom to classroom. Internet penetration into the schools is extremely diverse. Some classes may have a web-linked big screen TV so that the whole class can work through a lesson together. Other classes may have a single terminal in the classroom so that an individual student or small group of students will need to work independently. Some schools have Internet access in a special place, like the media center or the computer lab where one or many terminals may be available. You may send a small group there, or work with the whole class yourself at multiple terminals.