Examines issues in using technology in college instruction, particularly the nature and degree of involvement of technology. Discusses the tension between substance and presentation, and the significant challenges in making technology meet learning needs. Suggests that more research is needed to prove that technology meets these needs and…

Multimedia technology is an invaluable teaching and learning resource. One advantage of technology based education is the ability to combine practical applications, visualization of complex mathematical and abstract subjects, virtual labs, and guided use of simulation software. This article describes several multimedia tutorials for…

A California survey of special education administrators (N=149) and special educators who routinely use technology in instruction (N=189) found: (1) increased availability of technology; (2) greater frequency of technology goals in students' Individualized Education Programs; (3) increased interaction with computers in general education settings;…

Findings show that home and school cooperation improves student academic achievement; technology-enhanced communication between home and school receives little attention. This article examines the strategic planning behind the Keystone Central School District (Clinton County, PA) technology plan to improve home and school communication using the…

Since 1993, all principals and 80% of the teachers in the Cincinnati Public Schools (Ohio) have taken inservice courses at the Mayerson Academy for Human Resource Development. Provides an overview of the academy, a nonprofit organization founded to give results-oriented instruction to educators. Examines the role of technology, distance learning,…

Examined effects of self-regulatory teaching approach in a computer context on mathematics learning of at-risk preschoolers. Found that computer-based contexts provided at-risk children with an effective context for learning mathematics and that enhancing that context with a self-regulatory teaching emphasis resulted in significantly increased…

This exploratory study evaluated the efforts of one sixth-grade student with learning disabilities to use voice-input technology in written communication. The major problem encountered was the inability of the program to recognize more than 74% of the boy's utterances, thus requiring keyboard correction procedures. The technology is seen to have…

Presents issues related to technology and multicultural education. Examines problems with multicultural education and current uses of technology, including telecommunications, applications for ESL (English-as-a-Second-Language) students, and multimedia. Discusses technology's cultural bias; problems of access and equity; biases in selection and…

Presents an interview with a technology teacher at a small Catholic school that manages to provide its students with technology education despite its tight budget. Describes the parents' involvement with the school through donations of money or used computers, and the positive effect of strong community and school involvement. (AJL)

Describes an approach that uses an electronic bulletin board in a large class to promote cooperation and interactivity among students both inside and outside the classroom. Concludes that this approach facilitated student-student and student-professor interactions, improved the quality of instruction, and produced a more learning-friendly…

Examines whether technology is a form of particularism in education and, if so, whether it, when it dominates school policies, could be immune from familiar criticisms concerning the system's non-neutrality. The paper examines political liberalism's brand of neutrality and discusses the state's role in ensuring neutrality. (SM)

Examines current interest in computer technology in education, posing important questions to consider (what computers offer, whether technology use is consistent with contemporary learning theories, whether technology effectively promotes change, whether technology is synonymous with good teaching, whether technology promotes critical thinking,…

Instructional technology can be used to support teaching excellence, even during financial constraint. Strategies include institutional initiatives for developing a technology plan and for use of electronic classrooms, and diverse classroom initiatives. The major issue for funding technology is lack of institutional planning for both acquiring and…

Shares four college professors' experiences using new media to change approaches to teaching and learning. In their classes, students conduct archival research on African American history in Web-based sites, then construct collaborative interpretations in PowerPoint; incorporate digital storytelling (within a Latina Life Stories class); construct…

Describes recent advancements in augmentative and alternative communication aids for individuals with disabilities, explaining what speech recognition and speech output devices are, defining communication aids, examining features of communication aids, and describing various dedicated (strictly for communication) and nondedicated (computers with…