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Peer reviewedRobinson, Mike – Computers in the Schools, 1994
Discusses the need for improving science education, and suggests that electronic mail is an effective, motivating instructional strategy for improving science teaching. Highlights include how electronic mail is currently being used in elementary and secondary education, especially in Nevada; and why it is not used more. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Costs, Distance Education
Direct linkRuopp, Richard; And Others – Journal of Research in Rural Education, 1993
Begun in 1989, the LabNetwork is a telecommunications network for secondary science teachers and their students. Summer workshops provide teacher training in the network computer software and teaching methods based on student science projects. The development of a collaborative network-based "community of practice" is described. (SV)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, High Schools
Download full textBroholm, John R. – 1993
The ways that early adopters of electronic messaging have used electronic mail (e-mail) in the schools were studied using the Unified Network for Informatics in Teacher Education (UNITE) system at the Instructional Technology Center of the University of Kansas. At the time of the study, UNITE was operating in 6 school districts and 16 schools. The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Elementary School Teachers
Brienne, Deborah; Goldman, Shelley – Classroom Computer Learning, 1989
Discusses a project at Bank Street College called "Earth Lab: A Network for Young Scientists." Explores how the use of a local area network might alter the academic environment in which students work. Reviews student databases, teacher-made databases, online databases, and electronic mail. (MVL)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Peripherals, Computer System Design
