Electronic Impersonations: Changing the Context of Teacher-Student Interaction.

Harris, Judith B.

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ERIC Number: EJ503599

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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Electronic Impersonations: Changing the Context of Teacher-Student Interaction.

Harris, Judith B.

Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, v5 n3-4 p241-55 1994

Reports results from "Characters Online" a telecommunications in education project. Participating college students impersonated characters in children's books in electronic mail communications over the Internet with elementary school students reading the equivalent books. Both groups engaged frequently in informal conversation and rarely used regulatory or instructional language. (AA)

Descriptors: Child Language, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Internet, Language of Instruction, Language Patterns, Language Styles, Primary Education, Teacher Student Relationship, Telecommunications

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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