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Civille, Richard – Internet Research, 1993
Presents a vision and a national strategy for civic networking based on the development of the National Information Infrastructure. Topics addressed include a public interest communications policy; benefits of civic networking, including improving services and reducing government costs, reducing poverty and health care costs, and improving…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Programs, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness
Riegel, N. Blyth – 1988
This paper suggests methods for collecting and using student information for school improvement by describing how the Richardson Independent School District (RISD), Texas, determines data for effective school management decisionmaking. RISD readily accesses student information via a networked database on line with the central office's IBM…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
Somekh, Bridget; Mavers, Diane; Lewin, Cathy – 2002
This paper examines the impact of networked technologies on educational reform in the context of linking home and school within this context of political and social struggle. The theoretical framework is presented first, grounding the study in an understanding of the curriculum as an educational process that is currently subject to challenge as a…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication
LeBaron, John F.; And Others – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1995
Considers the role of school media librarians in changing educational environments. Highlights include a future education scenario; educational improvement; electronic information networking; constructivist versus instructional models of schooling; school computer network development, including costs; and library media leadership, including…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Constructivism (Learning), Costs, Educational Change
Honey, Margaret; Henriquez, Andres – 1993
A survey was conducted to obtain a systematic profile of activities currently being undertaken by kindergarten through grade 12 educators in telecommunications technology. Based on the responses of 550 educators from 48 states, selected because of their involvement with computer technology, this survey represents the first large-scale description…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Improvement
National Education Goals Panel, Washington, DC. – 1993
Internetworked communications restructures relationships among educators, learners, and knowledge and information, and promises a systemic acceleration of the pace of educational change. In this report, the Task Force on Education Network Technology identifies the following rationales for deployment and utilization of such communications: to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Computer Networks