This is a must-have resource for all K-12 teachers and administrators who want to really make the best use of available technologies. Written by Doug Johnson, an expert in educational technology, "The Classroom Teacher's Technology Survival Guide" is replete with practical tips teachers can easily use to engage their students and make their…

Focuses on electronic mail and some of the many exciting developments that reading and language teachers are exploring around Australia, including: (1) Computer Pals across the World; (2) Sharing in a Global Classroom; (3) The Sadadeen Telegraph; and (4) a list of activities for electronic mail. (RAE)

Discusses the differences between computer-mediated communication (CMC) and print or oral communication. Describes advantages and problems of using electronic mail in a business context. Recommends research and teaching of CMC in the business writing classroom. (MM)

Describes a cooperative effort using telecommunications. Utilizes a potential e-mail dialog between the authors and a secondary mathematics teacher from a rural Kansas community who had heard about the interclass Hexiety project, which allows students to develop a context for their mathematical knowledge, to present ideas about the project. (ASK)

Suggests the use of e-mail in the place of writing comments on individual papers. Notes the importance of using e-mail and the listserv in a student's writing experience. Considers some of the implications for professional benefit by exploring the relationship between online communication and oral discussion and between private and public…

Describes a teacher's discovery of the possibilities for using the electronic mail and the Internet in his eighth-grade language arts classroom. Shows how he makes connections with other educators across the globe and outlines some of the ways in which the Internet is organized. Offers justification for student use of the Internet as an…

Suggests classroom pen pals as a good Internet activity for elementary school students. Highlights include Web sites that host pen-pal information; visiting schools; Web sites; educational listservs; safety tips to discuss before sending e-mail; and suggested topics and activities. (LRW)

Invites others to join in the growing number of professionals using e-mail to share information and debate about mathematics teaching and learning by presenting one example of a thread of e-mails. (ASK)

Indicates how a dialog between peers concerning their writing can be fostered through computer networking. Argues that computer domains offer one of the best sites for carrying out such dialogs. Describes a curriculum for collaboration emphasizing voice and based on a computer environment. (HB)

Contains a number of short testimonials from writing educators about the value of computers. Discusses macros, key-word searching, cutting and pasting in electronic mail, online discussions, and the distance classroom. (TB)

The Internet can enhance education for students of all ages. The article explains how to begin on the Internet, discussing what e-mail is and how to use it for networking or generating assignments. A section for experienced users examines common Internet tools. Resources for using the Internet are included. (SM)

Describes an electronic debate conducted by fifth and sixth grade classes in Pennsylvania. Students sent speeches to each other via electronic mail. In the process, they learned about working with a modem and bulletin board; they strengthened their research and writing skills and examined social issues. (SM)

Describes a series of e-mail writing assignments and other online writing activities for English-as-a-second-language (ESL) students. Suggests that computers help improve ESL students' writing. (RS)

Describes standards-based social studies activities for elementary school students that uses computer technology to support curriculum. The first has students use HyperStudio to create postcards when they study regions of the United States. The second has students participate in ongoing correspondence with e-mail pals from around their state. (SM)