A single classroom or school can only be so much; there is a limit to the number of people, inputs, and viewpoints that can be obtained from such an institution. In fact, for many students, “school is an island; when the classroom door closes, the teacher and students might as well be stranded with whatever learning nutrition they brought along” (Tapscott 207). Considering even the relatively small scope of a school research project, it is very uncommon for a student to find all the information that he or she needs within the walls of his or her school library. Although schools are the world's traditional learning institutions, there is such a wealth of information outside of their boundaries that, for the most part, is untapped by students. This is not only true in the case of online knowledge bases, but also in terms of other students' viewpoints and cultures. If schools from different regions collaborated to allow their students to communicate amongst themselves—perhaps even to produce a collaborative project of sorts—they would be affording their students a much greater than typical opportunity to learn, not just from books, but from each other. Unfortunately, such opportunities are scarce, if present at all.