Resumen
The article focuses on the introduction of technology in the learning process. The National Research Council (NRC) says that inquiry into authentic questions generated from student experiences is the central strategy for teaching science. By authentic questions NRC does not mean questions at the end of a textbook chapter, but rather questions generated by students. The concern, the interest, and the motivation must come from the children. By inquiry NRC does not mean the idealized scientific method that no one actually follows so linearly - make a hypothesis, for instance, and collect data. For the technology, in as much as scientists in their investigations use computational tools, students in their investigations must use computational tools, appropriately redesigned with learners in mind. What follows is a set of short reports from colleagues on computational tools, based on hand-held devices, that enable children to collect data outside the classroom, enabling children to conduct investigations they were not able to before.