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Barry, Jeff; And Others – Library Journal, 1996
Provides an overview of the 1995 automated system marketplace, compiled by analysis of data gathered from 27 vendors. Topics include sales data; dominant vendors in different library sectors; company restructuring and consolidation; plans for technological upgrades, especially Internet connectivity, and improved customer support, service, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Services, Internet, Library Automation
Starr, Robin M.; Milheim, William D. – Educational Technology, 1996
To determine how the Internet is being used in education, researchers surveyed newsgroup participants. Questions concerned demographics and usage. Responses totaled 147. Results indicate that there is a solid foundation of users who are optimistic about the future despite hardware and software problems and concerns about offensive material. Seven…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Download full textTyner, Kathleen; And Others – 1995
Utah's Southeastern Education Service Center has devised a five-phase vision plan for improving the educational technology infrastructure in the southeastern region of the state. The fourth phase involves the creation of the Southeastern Utah Regional Wide Area Network (SURWAN), which will link all K-12 schools to the Internet by 1996. This…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Attitudes, Computer Networks, Educational Technology
Peer reviewedBecker, Henry Jay; Ravitz, Jason L. – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 1998
Examines the distribution of student Internet use across 152 schools in the National School Network, schools that were among the first to provide direct Internet access for networked computers. Discusses socioeconomic status differences, student ability, teacher differences, school population ethnicity, the Internet as innovation, and a vision for…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Ability, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Ewing, Jim; Dowling, Jennie; Coutts, Norman – 1997
The Superhighways Teams Across Rural Schools (STARS) program sought to demonstrate how pupil learning and teacher professional development might be enhanced by the use of multimedia resources made available over communications networks. Subsidiary goals included developing strategies to support isolated gifted students through collaborative work,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Networks, Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking
Market Data Retrieval, Inc., Shelton, CT. – 1997
This report presents the results of Market Data Retrieval's (MDR) fourth comprehensive survey of the technology market in K-12 education. The survey gathered comprehensive, current, and consistent information on the use of various technologies in U.S. public schools during the 1996-97 school year. The survey reached all 85,000 public schools in…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks
