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To overcome interconnectivity issues among students, ICT could be used to create an information sharing network to connect students from different schools, regions, and countries. Such a network would, perhaps, enhance communication on several levels: academically, extracurricularly, culturally, and socially. Academically, the creation of discussion boards for various fields of study would encourage discussion of questions, misunderstandings, projects, themes, and methods of learning. Perhaps online study groups could be instituted to help students who are having difficulties with a certain topic. On other levels—extracurricularly, culturally, and socially—students from different backgrounds could learn about other cultures and customs and broaden their mental horizons in general. It is not unlikely that such a network would have immense popularity. Take, for instance, the case of Facebook: originally designed as a communicative feature to connect college students, it gained such popularity that it has now expanded to include high schools as well. There are over 4 million students nationwide who “facebook” their classmates—yes, the word has come to be used colloquially as a verb—to connect and interact with them (Francisco). If such a project were developed on an international scale and extended to include forums, discussion boards, academic information, and other advice in addition to personal profiles, imagine how much students could learn about and from each other.

 
     
 
 
 
 

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