Reports on a project that extended the Engineering Design Graphics curriculum to include instruction and laboratory experience in computer-aided design, analysis, and manufacturing (CAD/CAM). Discusses issues in project implementation, including introduction of finite element analysis to lower-division students, feasibility of classroom prototype…

Presents an interview with Ray Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bell Atlantic Corporation. As a member of several advisory boards (Business Roundtable, Library of Congress, Committee on Arts and Humanities, and National Information Infrastructure), Smith offers his view on the future of the telecommunications industry,…

Discusses several dynamic geometry constructions with rectangles. Advocates use of software like Geometer's Sketchpad and Cabri Geometry for fostering fresh insight into traditional geometric theorems. Illustrates problem-solving methods not possible with pencil and paper. (MTE)

Discusses the rationale for working with computers as reading tools in a basic writing classroom and describes some of the teaching activities used in computer classrooms at the University of Minnesota's General College. (TB)

Describes a simple experiment that uses a CCD video camera, a display monitor, and a laser-printed bar pattern to illustrate signal sampling problems that produce aliasing or moiri fringes in images. Uses the Fourier transform to provide an appropriate and elegant means to explain the sampling theorem and the aliasing phenomenon in CCD-based…

Describes a three-dimensional computer modeling system for biological molecules which is suitable for sixth-form teaching. Consists of the modeling program "RasMol" together with structure files of proteins, DNA, and small biological molecules. Describes how the whole system can be downloaded from various sites on the Internet.…

This introduction to the Internet and World Wide Web identifies benefits of the Internet to teachers and students, defines key terminology, considers some barriers to Internet use, and offers suggestions for integrating the Internet into the curriculum. An annotated listing of World Wide Web sites of interest to teachers is included. (DB)

Describes the access to and use of computers in homes, schools, and classrooms by kindergarten children and first graders. Includes examination of data by selected characteristics of children, teachers, and classrooms. Data are from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999. (SLD)

Discusses why new best practices in information sharing are substantially reinventing all organizations, and why knowledge sharing, if it sparks innovation, changes in organizational dynamics, and new sources of value, can offer strategic differentiation in academia and e-learning. (EV)

Presents six steps of data warehouse development that result in valuable, long-term reporting solutions, discussing how to choose the right reporting vehicle. The six steps are: defining one's needs; mapping the source for each element; extracting the data; cleaning and verifying the data; moving the data into a relational database; and developing…

Overviews a model built to identify and organize successful use of information and communication technology (ICT) in secondary classrooms to support teaching and learning. Teachers found ICT most effective in facilitating routine components of classroom activity; increasing pupil productivity, confidence, and independence; supporting various…

Investigates how microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) activities specifically designed to be consistent with a constructivist theory of learning support or constrain student construction of understanding. Analysis of students' discourse and actions reveal that students invented numerous techniques for manipulating data in the service of their…

Compares the performance of 85 freshmen and sophomores enrolled in two sections of an online introductory networking and telecommunications course. One section utilized a network simulation package that allows the student to build and send data through different network configurations; the second section used a static network diagramming software…

Presents a critique of recent theoretical developments in the field of human-computer interaction (HCI) together with an overview of HCI practice. This chapter discusses why theoretically based approaches have had little impact on the practice of interaction design and suggests mechanisms to enable designers and researchers to better articulate…

Describes an Internet-based expert system found at http://www.MyMajors.com which provides advice to high school students or college freshmen who are seeking assistance in selecting a potential major by emulating a professional academic advisor. Highlights include computer-assisted advisement programs; knowledge acquisition; evaluating expert…