The Connecticut Association of Secondary Schools has worked with the Elementary and Middle School Principals Association of Connecticut, the State Department of Education, and the Connecticut Principals' Academy to bring to the awareness of administrators throughout the state new developments in electronics technology that have significance for educators. Four efforts to offer one-day conferences have failed because of insufficient enrollment. This two-part monograph presents much of the information that the conference was intended to present. Focusing on distance education, the first part provides background information on the delivery method and descriptions of distance education projects throughout the state, including the application of specific technologies, i.e., interactive video, interactive audio, and interactive television. The second part, which addresses online data retrieval skills, focuses on four different online services that are currently in use in some Connecticut schools: Dow Jones News Service, DIALOG, WILSEARCH, and EINSTEIN. Names and addresses of contact persons in selected schools and addresses of the online database service companies are appended. (GL)