A fascinating question and one that teachers would probably answer with 'more knowledge than we have now!' That alone is reason to share this vast wealth of understanding in the world, and really begin to learn from each other. Knowledge and understanding are not learned in isolation for in collaboration we can achieve much more. Teachers cannot possibly know all the answers to the questions children ask but it is their responsibility to equip learners with the thirst, skills and opportunities to be able to find out - and not simply through a Google search either.

This article explores this approach with Key Stage 1 pupils in a Hampshire infant school.

Virtual classrooms are computer applications that attempt to replicate as closely as possible the experience of learning in an actual classroom, but use the Internet as the vehicle for delivery. Andy Brookes describes a number of ways that online learning technologies can be used to enhance learning.