Jamming the Phone Lines: Pencils, Notebooks, and Modems (Computers in the Classroom).

Holvig, Kenneth C.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Jamming the Phone Lines: Pencils, Notebooks, and Modems (Computers in the Classroom).

Holvig, Kenneth C.

English Journal, v78 n8 p68-70 Dec 1989

Describes how BreadNet (a national computer network of English teachers) has come to dominate the routine of a high school class. Notes that BreadNet gives students new motivation to write, inquire, and learn. Describes classroom electronic writing exchanges and an electronic writers' workshop which posted essays on BreadNet. (RS)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, English Instruction, Information Networks, Online Systems, Secondary Education, Teleconferencing, Writing Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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