Describes areas where faculty members can aid students in making intelligent use of the Web in their research. Differentiates between subject directories and search engines. Describes an engine's three components: spider, index, and search engine. Outlines two misconceptions: that Yahoo! is a search engine and that search engines contain all the…

Discusses the history, goals, and partnerships of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) created in October 1997 and the hiring of Doug Van Houweling as CEO. UCAID supports Internet2 (or Internet II) a collaborative effort between higher education and industry to facilitate and coordinate the development of advanced…

Discusses four books that help teachers learn about technology and use it in their classrooms: "A Teacher's Guide to the Information Highway" (W. Wresch); "Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom" (Donald Leu and Deborah Leu); Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching" (M. Roblyer, Jack Edwards, and Mary Ann Havriluk);…

A study of undergraduate accounting students at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (Singapore) determined that the examination scores of students using an Internet site as an adjunct to learning in a financial accounting course were superior to those of students who did not and that scores for students who had previously failed the course were significantly…

Discusses trends in the availability of computers and the Internet in private schools and related issues such as support for and instructional use of these resources. Includes selected comparisons with public schools. Data are from a survey of the Fast Response Survey System. (Author/SLD)

Attempts to persuade friends and colleagues in the computers and writing community to do more to ensure that the Web pages (especially for classes) are accessible to people with disabilities. Raises this issue as a matter of some urgency in light of the surging interest in multimedia and visual rhetoric represented by this special issue. (SG)

The technology revolution may accomplish what 10 years of education reform could not. Traditional preparation programs no longer allow teachers to maintain "sage" status since they cannot know as much as the Internet can make available to students. Teachers in cyberspace know computers are about relationships and independent learning.…

Describes the introduction of the World Wide Web into an advanced course in social psychology using activities that entail collaboration and knowledge sharing, direct experience with information in various formats, and manipulation of information into new formats. Discusses the strengths and weaknesses of using the Web in this context. (DSK)

Describes Washington State University's (WSU) successful use of the World Wide Web to transform its student admissions process, highlighting: strategic administrative objectives that formed the context for transforming WSU's admissions process; Web services for prospective students (information pages, the Cougar TRACS transfer credit system,…

Reviews research on children's use of computers and the Internet, educational benefits of information technology, problems with using technology with young children, and teachers' adoption and use of technology. Identifies Internet sites that provide guidelines for sensible Internet use and lists children-appropriate, instructional, and…

Presents a collection of suggestions for using computers to enhance learning, including: creating a Webquest to help students recognize the tactics advertisers use; using the Internet to participate in a global water sampling project; creating, administering, and grading tests online; and going to a Cyrano de Bergerac Web site to compose a love…

Describes the integration of these topics through a major team-based design and computer aided design (CAD) modeling project in freshman engineering graphics at the University of Western Ontario. Involves n=250 students working in teams of four to design and document an original Lego toy. Includes 12 references. (Author/YDS)

Proposes a real-time collaborative framework for geometric modeling. Assessment results show that the collaborative environment was useful in design education. (MM)

In order to overcome terrorism, people must become culturally aware and interact with people from other nations. The Internet is a vehicle for raising intellectual and global awareness and promoting communication between common people. Examines various Web sites that provide information on or connections to terrorism and terrorist groups, news…

Discusses how an online environment enhances the effectiveness of peer critique. Describes experiences with peer critiquing by computer. Notes that students responded favorably to online critiquing. Concludes that the results were critiques that were lively and personable--not matter-of-fact and dull like many handwritten ones. (SG)