Describes an experiment in network collaboration using the Geometer's Sketchpad to allow students in a computer laboratory to view one another's work. (MKR)

Discusses the role which computers can play in Catholic education, describing the importance of emerging technologies such as CD-ROM, electronic mail, teleconferencing, and computer networks. Indicates that, in spite of possible financial difficulties, schools should set aside funding for educational computer programming to ensure that students…

Proposes regional consortia of school districts that would buy instructional software; create communications networks; develop teaching and training methods; develop effective techniques for administrative management and support; and identify and advocate specific research needs. (MLF)

Project Prometheus involves IBM Canada, college faculty, and classroom teachers in Manitoba who cooperate to discover the most effective ways to use information technology to promote mathematics and science literacy. The article analyzes teachers' very positive perceptions of how technology affected their classroom teaching styles and learning…

This article reviews technological advances in educational computer use and discusses applications for computers as tools, tutors, and tutees in mathematics education of gifted students. Computer-assisted instruction, artificial intelligence, multimedia, numeric processing, computer-aided design, LOGO, robotics, and hypercard software packages are…

Describes the interactive multimedia essay, HyperCard, and MediaText, and the benefits of what they offer for secondary writing classrooms. (MG)

Describes the I-search process and discusses ways in which technology can be integrated into an I-search unit. Illustrates how teachers field testing the approach in four middle schools creatively and meaningfully used technology to benefit student learning. (MG)

Addresses the issues of preparing experienced and novice teachers for using educational technology. Fundamental skills needed for K-12 teachers are discussed, as well as the need for skilled building leaders for classroom teacher support, and the need for district level leadership. (GLR)

Reports on the design and trialing of a Hypercard testing procedure known as the Recognition and Testing System (RATS) that will enable mathematics teachers and researchers to generate data relating to domain knowledge representation and its access by focusing on students' knowledge of plane geometry and trigonometry. Contains 11 references.…

Asserts that technology, along with sound instructional practices, can help developmental students access and learn from multiple-text information sources including the World Wide Web. Presents the (Gather, Arrange, and Present) GAP reading strategy, developed at Southwest Texas State University, as an example of how technology can be used as a…

Describes a study in which 30 faculty-development program directors from four-year American universities were asked how instructional technology has affected their programs. Concludes that technology has caused the programs to reorganize and/or to alter their services, effecting an increase in collaboration with other departments. (VWC)

Describes the type and extent of instructional technology available for faculty development at a sample of community colleges with differing student enrollments and annual budgets. States that rural colleges are least likely to report faculty training in instructional technology. Identifies four community college programs that offer the best in…

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…