What Australia, Alaska, Qatar, Indiana, and Ohio have in common is the authentic writing More Observations Of Nature (MOON) project. In this unique project, teachers from these disparate geographic locations teamed up to instruct children in grades four through eight via the internet on a nearly universally challenging subject for teachers in the…

Contends that the instructional potential of the Web, though vast, is not yet fully realized. Discusses a computer program called "The Office" which provides a learning environment to teach basic skills to adult learners or to learners of any age. Notes that the user/learner is able to move to different areas around the desk, use the office…