Demonstrates the advantage of students creating their own Web pages to enhance their awareness of the importance of rhetorical organization. Discusses linking functions, the importance of effective page design, and the kinds of structures and relationships existing within and between information. Compares hypertext writing to regular writing. (CR)

Argues that computer technology has decentered high school English teachers. Describes a private high school with full computer access for every student; addresses issues this raises in the English department; describes three cyber activities used in the author's American literature classroom; and discusses the advantages of this decentralization.…

Describes an after-school mathematics enrichment program in which children can freely experiment and play with mathematics and presents research observations. Offers some recommendations to teachers for implementing the program ideas in their classrooms. Contains 18 references. (ASK)

Provides a lesson that focuses on three-dimensional graphing, contours, and topographical maps using computer spreadsheets. (ASK)

Describes the reciprocity of relationships between recent educationally relevant psychological conceptions and educationally oriented usages of technologies, analyzing recent theory and methodological developments in educational technology and psychology; showing how technology helps realize psychologically guided pedagogical conceptions; and…

Examines the technological transformation of Des Moines Public Schools. Concentrates on the costs, some financial but mostly human and organizational, that emerge as the district implements a program to dramatically increase computer technology use. (DDR)

Explores the advantages and disadvantages of integrating computers into education and describes the cultural implications for educational policy. Contains 21 references. (DDR)

Reports on the introduction of science, technology, and society (STS) into the curriculum at Michigan Technological University and the resulting development of graduate programs in industrial archaeology and environmental policy. (DDR)

Addresses issues related to students learning to use computers as professional tools. Draws on two qualitative data sources: (1) a case study of a mathematical methods in physics course; and (2) an evaluation of an undergraduate course in multimedia physics. (DDR)

Reports on the evaluation of an interactive media-based science-education project. Concludes that a number of factors must come together for project success, including an environment conducive to innovation and development and strong administrative interest. Contains 16 references. (DDR)

Identifies World Wide Web (Internet) sites useful for teachers. These include sites for locating lesson plans, conducting research or locating information sources, Web scavenger hunts, lesson enhancements, virtual field trips and explorations, sites that enhance collaboration, and sites for student research and for information about college…

Responds to Anne G. Koehler's "A New Paradigm for Teaching with Technology," which appeared in the Journal of Developmental Education (vol.22, issue 1, Fall 1998). States that the main objective in developmental education is for students to learn, but that teachers should also keep current with new technology and effectively monitor and redesign…

As the largest university in the state, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has developed a reputation as a computer-intensive, technology-rich environment. A case study examines the growth of this environment, the evolving relationship between technology and teaching and learning, and how assessment has recently assumed an…

Presents an explanation for the increase in the number of computer users. Suggests that, in addition to providing electronic-communication services, information technologies may also support thinking and learning processes. Uses a theoretical background to analyze two activities carried out in computational environments: construction of a Web site…

Explores distance-education evolution and research concerning distance-learning formats. Outlines nine mechanisms (electronic-mail, discussion lists/limited conferencing, telnet, FTP/Gopher, WWW, SLIP/PPP, advanced conferencing software, proprietary software vs. open standards, virtual reality) of the Internet which provide for fundamental changes…