The technologies improve cognitive function, organize thinking, enhance
intellectual economy or ecology. Moreover, the technologies can function as our
external memories ... That's what we want for education? Are we losing some of
the internal mechanisms of memorization? What are the consequences? If we have
a large amount of data and information stored externally in technological
devices, which means we will be better prepared to learn in a more creative and
imaginative way?
The technologies give rise to a new educational paradigm, in which
predominates the multimedia. There is no doubt that the technologies influence
the culture, news perspectives and ways of thinking, representing a gain in
education, because they promote learning more practical and dynamic. Through
new media, interaction is promoted, diversity is fostered , tolerance and
sharing of knowledge through discussion and involvement of all in the process
of knowledge construction is encouraged.