All these are all good points. It is important to consider students' background and prior knowledge so we can do a bettter job at bridging both worlds (home and school.) However, I feel that technology is a good way of doing this only when students have internet at home. If students don't have access to internet from home; they WILL begin to see school and home as two different worlds. On the other hand, if students are able to access websites that were visited at school, they are able to share them with their families. The whole family would become involved with what the child is learning at school. Also, the internet allows students an opporutnity to visit websites and search for topics of famly interests. These are all topics of interest that motivate students, creates family bonds, and are brought back to school as students share with their peers what they discovered. Great things are happening in the classroom already and would be nice if students would be able to share with their family members.