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Institute for Information Studies, Queenstown, MD. – 1999
This collection of commissioned papers provides a variety of perspectives on the impact of global information networks. The following articles are included: "The Promise of Global Networks: An Introduction" (Jorge Reina Schement); "Architecture and Expectations: Networks of the World--Unite!" (Marjory S. Blumenthal); "The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Security
Zimmerman, Isa Kaftal, Ed.; Hayes, Mary Forte, Ed. – 1998
This yearbook for the Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (MASCD) provides educators with models of successful practices and raises questions and potential solutions to issues of accountability, policy, long-term planning, funding, and student motivation for learning. This 1998 yearbook assists educators at all…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy
Inn, Kristina; And Others – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1995
Three articles focus on many classroom activities and experiments inspired by the voyage of two canoes, built of traditional materials, from Hawaii's Hilo Harbor in 1995. Nationwide, students followed daily satellite tracking, accessed the Internet for updated accounts of the canoes, talked directly with navigators, and watched television…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Creative Teaching
Institute for Information Studies, Falls Church, VA. – 1998
This document contains papers commissioned by the Institute for Information Studies to provide a variety of perspectives on a particular topic relating to the impact of communications and information technology. Among the subjects covered are the impact of the Internet on community, education, electronic commerce, international development, and…
Descriptors: Business, Community Involvement, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Ensor, Pat, Ed. – 1997
This handbook serves as a guide for the information professional who operates in cyberspace. The book provides practical explanations on technology and its applications to libraries and networked information systems, and easy-to-understand discussions of how new technologies will affect libraries and library careers. The book contains 64 articles…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Howard, Tharon, Ed.; Benson, Chris, Ed.; Gooch, Rocky; Goswami, Dixie – 1999
Written by practicing teachers about actual instructional computing projects, this book provides information teachers need to integrate instructional technologies into their classrooms. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1, "New Tools for the Classroom: An Introduction to Networked Learning," includes chapters: (1) "Getting Started in a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Warschauer, Mark, Ed. – 1995
This guide lists electronic discussion lists, bulletin boards, and conferences related to second language teaching and learning that may be of use in the second language classroom. It also offers suggestions for the use of these resources in teaching. The guide has three main sections. The first, devoted to electronic communication in a single…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Computer Networks, Discussion Groups