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Peer reviewedGuihot, Patrick – Educational Media International, 2001
Addresses problems with the integration of the Internet into French schools. Topics include network technology; computer-student ratios in elementary, middle, and secondary schools; multimedia characteristics of the Internet; international dimensions; navigation methods; diversity of applications; and the need for teacher education. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textLee, Paulette – 2001
This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes what is needed to get started on the Internet and points to some of the many resources available online for parents and children. The book discusses: a brief definition of the Internet, including what the…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
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
ACCESS ERIC, Rockville, MD. – 1997
The Internet is a vast network of computers that connects people and information all over the world. Children often know far more about computers than their parents do. However, children need their parents' involvement, experience, and judgment, whether the children are experienced computer users or just getting started. This booklet provides…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 2000
This second edition of the "Parent's Guide to the Internet" is intended to help parents--regardless of their level of technological know-how--make use of the online world as an important educational tool. This booklet provides parents with basic information about how to use the computer to find information and communicate with others. It describes…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication
Smith, Peter, Ed. – 1998
Topics addressed by the papers including in this proceedings include: multimedia in the classroom; World Wide Web site development; the evolution of academic library services; a Web-based literature course; development of a real-time intelligent network environment; serving grades over the Internet; e-mail over a Web browser; using technology to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
