About Netshots™
Netshots are the first teaching and learning system designed solely for the Internet. They are exclusively digital creatures. You can't build one off-line.

Netshot construction is guided by AbleMedia's proprietary Technology Integrated Learning System (TILS)™. TILS is a carefully conceived and practical pedagogy specifically developed for Internet teaching and learning. TILS was developed over the past five years with the cooperation and participation of hundreds of educators from around the world.

TILS provides the blueprint for Netshot construction. TILS assures that each Netshot is both comprehensive and a living resource. The finished Netshot is a dynamic teaching and learning system. Because its content is continuously updated and improved, a Netshot has the scope and currency that no textbook, or series of textbooks, can provide.

The philosophical underpinning of CTCWeb Netshots is AbleMedia's view that educational technology does not replace the traditional system of mass education. Educational technology simply raises the effectiveness of mass education, by placing greater emphasis on individual learning and expression within our otherwise collective system. With the addition of technology, mass education becomes not only "one-for-all" but also "all-for-one." This is a new balance, not a new equation.

As an online experience, a TILS-based Netshot is truly edifying. It is a prime example of integrating technology into a conventional education environment to increase the quality of the learning experience. Neither the classroom nor the professor is supplanted by technology. On the contrary, technology adds a third dimension. It enhances the individual learning experience, and it does so in a way that is next to impossible in the classroom.

As we help educators introduce technology into their lessons, we are mindful of the search for the right blend of traditional educational techniques and modern technological tools. Our view is that this blend must be achieved locally, in each classroom, because it changes from class-to-class and student-to-student. So, CTCWeb offers teachers an expanding repertoire of teaching and learning tools, versus "one-size-fits-all" lesson plans and courses. Netshots simply put these teaching aids in context and online, to make it easier for educators to achieve the right balance with each new class and each new student.

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