Chat Rooms as

McCreary, Faith A.; Ehrich, Roger W.; Lisanti, Melissa

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ERIC Number: EJ639707

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2001

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Chat Rooms as "Virtual Hangouts" for Rural Elementary Students.

McCreary, Faith A.; Ehrich, Roger W.; Lisanti, Melissa

Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, p105-23 2001

Describes how fifth-graders with home Internet access used an Internet chat application after school, and discusses changes in the patterns of chat room usage over a 1-year period. Considers gender differences in chat room usage, as well as implications for curriculum design, student-teacher interactions, and the role of chat in teaching and communication. (JPB)

Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Internet, Peer Relationship, Rural Education, Sex Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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