Suggests that e-mail and the Web can make the hunt for a job in the English profession and the hiring process easier, faster, less expensive, and more effective for everyone involved. Addresses problems using e-mail for the job search. Concludes that the Web functions best as a supplementary source of information for candidates and institutions.…

Screen readers allow visually impaired students to read periodicals online, do research projects, and communicate easily with others via e-mail. However, the growing stress on graphics poses real challenges. Also, screen readers and Braille printers are expensive. Suggestions from two deaf and blind schools are provided. (MLH)

Beginning with a simple explanation of the Internet, this article discusses the advantages and disadvantages of using currently available electronic media in classrooms with students with deafness. Specific strategies for applying tools, such as Listservs, are discussed along with teacher responsibilities when using these media. (Author/CR)

Explains how teachers can take advantage of the Internet to create classroom projects. The process involves locating collaborating partners via the World Wide Web, then determining which projects would be worthwhile to students. Presents guidelines for organizing a classroom project, discusses classroom considerations, examines teacher…

Describes efforts at several universities to maintain ongoing contact with alumni through e-mail lists, Web sites and CD-ROM, or on-line alumni directories. Examples of such activities at Stanford University (California), Caltech (California), Dickinson College (Pennsylvania), and Princeton University (New Jersey) are highlighted. (DB)

This supplement offers a practical guide for wiring school classrooms for local area networks (James P. Tenbusch and Harry Vaughan); shows how a California school district built a network infrastructure from scratch (James Klein); and describes how a Utah district negotiated cheap, fast Internet access over plain old telephone wires (Mary…

Adults aged 60-74 (n=30) and 75+ (n=30) were taught to use an electronic bulletin board system either with instructions (simple) or instructions preceded by a system explanation (expanded). The younger group were better at acquiring and retaining computer skills. Simple instructions facilitated skill development better than the expanded treatment.…

Some board members may not have considered whether e-mail is subject to state statutes ensuring that public business is done publicly. E-mail has great potential for exposing a district to liability. Sample open-meeting and/or public-record laws from several states, including California, Florida, and Virginia, are discussed. (MLH)

Reports the results of a survey of course Web sites and online syllabi used by students and faculty at higher education institutions across the country and offers suggestions for ways of incorporating relevant and often overlooked links to other sites. Discusses email, course topic links, administrative links, and disability support. (LRW)

Describes a system that automatically classifies e-mail messages in the HUMANIST electronic discussion group into one of four classes: question, response, announcement, or administrative. The system's ability to accurately classify a message was compared against manually assigned codes. Results suggested that there was a statistical agreement in…

Spectrum Community School, an alternative public high school in the North Kitsap (Washington) School District, and Omnibus School, an independent evening program in Ekaterinburg, Russia, have spent the past six years building bridges. They have traveled to each others' homes and shared each other's lives via a collaborative, engaging, and…

Presents a summary review of the comparative literature on e-mail and "snail mail" surveys and a more extensive research review involving Web-based methods. Contrasts e-mail and Web-based survey techniques used in an ongoing study of the Web presence provider industry. Highlights practical issues of Web-surveying methods, such as programming…

Positions the telephone as a vibrant, innovative medium for therapeutic work. Defines computer-mediated therapy and explores issues confronting its development. Concludes that active collaboration between therapists, social scientists, and computer scientists is needed to develop therapy-specific computer applications to mediate in…

Addresses the relationship between intimacy and communication that is based on computer technology. Discusses definitions of intimacy and the nature of intimate conversations that use computers as a communications medium. Explores implications for counseling. (MKA)

Explores possible uses of the Internet in family therapy. Explores the possible negative aspects of this approach and presents a case study of a family that benefited from exposure to Internet resources. Discusses ethical considerations in working within communication media and draws parallels between writing therapy and the Internet. (MKA)