The Internet, World Wide Web, and CD-Roms appear to have the potential to help meet higher education recruitment managers' needs to recruit better students while reducing costs for their institutions. No one is certain where technological innovation will lead, but they are altering enrollment managers' practices and organizations. (Author/MKA)

Describes the development and evaluation of an Internet-based tutorial for teaching spirometry interpretation to nonpulmonologists. Concludes that computer-based tutorials can effectively train off-site practitioners in spirometry interpretation. Contains 23 references. (Author/WRM)

This article discusses how laptop computers can be used in gifted education to create learner-centered environments, promote independent inquiry, stimulate creativity, risk taking, and development of passions, encourage complexity of ideas and higher level thinking, offer a variety of grouping options, and provide for flexibility and mobility.…

Suggests that despite the Internet offering a world of information, students still need a broad storehouse of knowledge. Teachers must define the knowledge that students need and help them master it. If teachers convey general knowledge to students in a coherent, effective way, and encourage them to read widely, students will have the tools they…

This article describes an educational project using videoconferencing computer technology and Internet access with students with deafness in Canadian schools. An outline of an educational lesson and student benefits using videoconferencing to support the instructional objectives is provided. A variety of methods of communicating using computer…

Describes a study on the performance of Internet notes and PowerPoint lecture slides in a physical geology course and compares it with the traditional lecturing method. (Contains 12 references.) (YDS)

Raises several questions about information technology. After arguing for the importance of physical place and presence in how people construct meaning, form personal biographies and public histories, and develop living communities, the article contrasts this with the consequences of the abstractions of place and presence in virtual, on-line…

Evaluates an interactive, Web-based tutorial that helps students learn about sampling distribution. 111 students enrolled in statistics or research methods courses used either the tutorial or attended a lecture/demonstration. Indicates through pre- and post-test quizzes both groups learned comparable amounts and reveals students' ratings of both…

Discusses findings of the U.S. Congress' Web-Based Education Commission that examined how the Internet is being used to enhance learning opportunities for students. Addresses each of the seven areas in which the Commission suggested there is a strong need for action: broadband access; professional development; research and development; quality of…

Discusses the increasing importance of technology in teaching, especially for following current events. Describes uses of technology in a class in lieu of a textbook. Makes suggestions for applicability of the method to colleges and high schools. (Contains 14 references.) (YDS)

Discusses a three-step process for teaching sixth grade students to connect current events to a perennial issue using the Internet. Proposes selecting and collecting information on a current event; producing an editorial and political cartoon on the event; and publishing the work online and in a local newspaper. Includes a sample activity. (CMK)

Describes the Guilford County School (North Carolina) system's use of computer networks and the Internet in K-12 education. Distance learning was the first component of their program, enabling the school system to equitably provide opportunities for high school students. Other efforts involve building a wide area network with access to the…

Alerts educators to potentially objectionable Internet materials. Electronic mail, newsgroups, file transfer protocol sites, Internet Relay Chat (IRC), Multiuser Dungeons (MUDs), and Multiuser Object Oriented (MOOs) are services whose user anonymity can embolden discussions regarding sex, prejudice, religious dogma, and gambling. Teachers may wish…

The Internet offers high schools access to a variety of up-to-date information on any subject and the ability to communicate worldwide. Discussion includes electronic mail; Telnet, Gopher, and Veronica; the World Wide Web; types of Internet connections; and problems with Internet use. (AEF)

Details an exercise for social, personality, and introductory psychology classes in which students form implicit personality theories based on information provided by social psychologists on their Internet pages, and then create a personal home page presenting the information and their analyses. Reports students' reactions to the project are…