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Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2002
Discusses the creation and expansion of the Internet from it's beginning in May 1961 with Leonard Kleinrock's MIT dissertation "Information Flow in Large Communications Nets", the first paper written on packet-switching (PS) theory-the fundamental element that makes the Internet possible. Includes the history, growth, connection, use and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Information Technology, Internet
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2000
Discusses "ubiquitous connectivity." Suggests that technology can help make community a global concept, but that the human element is necessary for the content and the context. Cites examples from the literature that deal with classroom connectivity; using technology once connected; and role of the school library in extending…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks
