Portfolios, as authentic assessment tools, have become a common element in the curriculum of many college and K-12 classrooms across the nation during the past decade. The continuing advancement of technology has held broad implications for facilitating the further development and refinement of the portfolio as a mainstay element of education in…

Investigated preservice and inservice teachers' perceptions about adopting case methodology for instruction. Interviews with students in a graduate course on using computer technology and case methodology to integrate instruction indicated that for teachers to adopt innovations, the learning process must be individualized. Collaboration,…

Explores the question of whether schools are making a good investment in the establishment of Web sites from an educational management point of view. Approaches the question from the perspective of welfare economics and argues in favor of using scarce educational resources to build school Web sites because of connections between constructivist…

Describes "The Science Consortium", a British program offering specialist training for secondary science teachers on the use of information and communication technology in the classroom. The training scheme includes a portfolio of lesson plans in six thematic modules: (1) communicating science; (2) collecting data for science; (3)…

An action-research project conducted at an Illinois high school found that a computer minilab program effectively encouraged 10 teachers to use computer technology in their normal classroom setting and fostered a cooperative learning environment. Teachers without minilabs disliked the arrangement. Minilab portability should be considered. (MLH)

Describes and discusses "The Fifth Dimension," a distributed literacy consortium of after-school enrichment programs that involve cooperation between local community organizations affiliated with colleges and universities, in which children engage in activities using a variety of multimedia equipment and software. Notes the program is a useful…

Internet-based master's programs in business administration (M.B.A.s) serve a market that could bring significant revenues to business schools, providing new access to mid- to upper-level managers who want degrees to advance their careers but who cannot take time from work, or to young executives whose bosses offer to pay for the degree but not…

Describes how grade 3-8 inner-city students created multimedia, multicultural dictionaries. Highlights student reflections on the project using Kid Pix software, and their ideas for future uses for the dictionaries. Argues that technology-driven lexicography can serve as a catalyst for engaging students. (PEN)

Contends that new distance-learning technology creates a danger of dehumanizing students and instructors. Discusses the need for teachers to focus on culture and relevancy, and build relationships with their students. Offers suggestions from the Montana Consortium, an organization of three tribal colleges, for sustaining the human aspect of…

Presents a case study of one second-grade teacher's classroom action research project in which she explores how and when students decided to use electronic editing tools to revise their writing. Discusses factors that influenced student's editing choices and their ability to work in pairs. Considers implications for the use of computers in…

Identifies five stages of technology integration in education: (1) obtaining software, hardware, and peripherals; (2) coordinating classroom activities with new technologies; (3) learning how to use the technology; (4) achieving success; and (5) planning for the future. Suggests teachers need more time to reflect on and practice new technologies,…

Describes development of a Temple University course on curriculum in early childhood education that provides 60 percent of instruction on-line. Includes information on course design, instructional methods, course implementation, and student course evaluation. Found that students' views about on-line instruction were positive overall and that…

Describes one school's approach to working with families to increase communication between school and home using available technologies. Discusses note writing versus e-mail; telephone versus speakerphone; traditional versus alternative assessments and parent-teacher conferences; and features of a Web site that allows families to access…

Students' conceptions of three major artificial intelligence concepts used in the modeling of systems in science, fuzzy logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms were investigated before and after a higher education science course. Students initially explored their prior ideas related to the three concepts through active tasks. Then,…

The Virtual Gorilla Modeling Project--a professional development project--is a collaboration of middle and high school inservice teachers, Zoo Atlanta primatologists, science and computer educators, and students. During a 10-day professional development summer workshop, middle and high school teachers explore the world of the gorilla through…