Describes the generation of all the tables required for school-level study of statistics using Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet package. Highlights cumulative binomial probabilities, cumulative Poisson probabilities, normal distribution, t-distribution, chi-squared distribution, F-distribution, random numbers, and accuracy. (JRH)

Describes how one school brought its computers out of the lab and into the classrooms. Describes the different projects that students work on. (JRH)

Presents a command organizer for AutoCAD to aid new uses in operating within the 3-D modeling environment. Addresses analyzing the problem, visualization skills, nonlinear tools, a static view of a dynamic model, the AutoCAD organizer, environment attributes, and control of the environment. Contains 11 references. (JRH)

Describes how, as is the case with the desks they purchase, schools should choose other furnishings such as computer workstations by balancing aesthetics, architects' recommendations, staff preferences, durability, flexibility, and cost. (EV)

Focuses on students showing a lack of conceptual insight while using computer algebra systems (CAS) in the setting of an elementary calculus and linear algebra course for first year university students in social sciences. The use of a computer algebra environment has been incorporated into a more traditional course but with special attention on…

Presents ways of using an electronic whiteboard as a chalkboard or whiteboard, a computer, or an overhead projector in whole class instruction. (KHR)

Addresses internet training by having graduate counseling students use a structured interview with undergraduate volunteer clients to assess which needs could be met using the Internet. Graduate students then identified relevant Web sites and explored these in a meeting with the volunteer clients. Results indicated that participants encountered…

Describes the renovation of Lisle Senior High School in Lisle, Illinois, including technology upgrades. (EV)

Explains the prevalence and rationale of ubiquitous computing on college campuses--teaching with the assumption or expectation that all faculty and students have access to the Internet--and offers lessons learned by pioneering institutions. Lessons learned involve planning, technology, implementation and management, adoption of computer-enhanced…

Describes how, at the University of Denver's technology services office, electronically savvy students solve problems from sticky keyboards to lost passwords. (EV)

Describes how George Mason University is using a high-tech building to lure professors into expanding their use of technology in teaching. (EV)

Describes how many colleges plan for information retrieval after a disaster, but that for some small ones the cost is prohibitive--and not all professors keep copies of their work. (EV)

Describes how colleges are taking advantage of bargains on fiber-optic lines to build regional computer networks; some envision a national network for academe. (EV)

Describes a new support model created to address the need for improved technology integration opportunities--Whole-Context, Instruction-Driven Support for Higher Education Technology (WISE)--and its initial pilot. (EV)

Discusses effects of introducing children to computers, including effects on children's sense of time and potential negative effects on children's play. Concludes that the trend toward computer technology in the classroom cannot be turned back and urges that teachers insure that the technology is not used repressively. (RH)