The nonprofit organization One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has a mission that is easy to articulate but very challenging to achieve: Provide laptop computers to the almost 2 billion children who live in parts of the world where poverty and the lack of a structured educational system deprive them of an adequate education. To further complicate the…

Discusses the importance of introducing preservice teachers to the use of technology and how to integrate it into their classrooms. Describes one teacher's development of multimedia programs and emphasizes availability of and access to computers in schools, careful planning, the use of appropriate technology, and student motivation. (LRW)

Suggests reasons why online learning may not be appropriate for all situations. Discusses barriers for students, including self-discipline, initiative, and convenient access to computers and the Internet; barriers for teachers and administrators; suitability for course content; organizational and institutional barriers; cultural differences; and…

The recent wave of innovation and adaptation to information technologies, giving rise to a new form of human technogenesis, is changing our everyday interactions in an unprecedented and paradigmatic manner, potentially reconstructing the nature and process of human development. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 3 notes.)