Notes that professional journalists continually emphasize the need for developing skills for all delivery systems. Proposes that students interested in journalism should learn about technology and develop projects without the guidance of a teacher or advisor. Describes students' experience with media convergence in a summer journalism workshop.…

Discussion of the use of the Internet as an instructional tool in higher education focuses on a three-level research framework for the study of campus-wide academic instruction using the Web. Describes how the framework was used for a project at Tel-Aviv University to integrate the Internet into traditional instruction. (Contains 56 references.)…

Describes Project THREAD (Technology Helping Restructure Educational Access and Delivery), an initiative funded by the Office of Education through its PT3 (Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Use Technology) grant program whose goal is to prepare teachers to integrate modern technologies to fundamentally enhance teaching and learning in elementary…

Offers personal reflections of a professor's long career in technical writing. Looks primarily at technical writing in the university, where most technical writers are now trained and where most theory originates. Recognizes that many improvements in the field have happened because the use of computers makes revision and production of copy easier.…

Discussion of faculty and teacher use of technology in the classroom focuses on obstacles to technology integration at Hollins University (Roanoke, VA), a small liberal arts university for women. Highlights include lack of a clear vision; lack of leadership; lack of critical mass of technology; lack of incentive; and lack of faculty participation.…

Responses from 56 of 107 Louisiana secondary marketing teachers indicated that, according to the Technology Integration Model, most were active in exploring technology uses in education and adapting it for instruction, moderate at the advanced integration level, and not active in experimentation. They identified minor barriers to technology…

Given increases in the use of technology in counseling, family counselors must become aware of the ethical considerations for infusing technology in their training and practice methods. Standards for Internet counseling practice, supervision practice, and the training of family counselors have not kept pace with the advances in technology. An…

Discusses the need for changes in education and considers possible reasons why information technology has not brought about desired changes. Highlights include assimilating new technologies into existing instructional practices; technocentric knowledge, which focuses on the computer rather than knowledge; and misguided research. (LRW)

Explores whether technology might transform teaching methods that could result in greater improvement in learning. Discusses how broader changes in society might influence the issue of technology integration versus technology transformation; suggests principles for a learning-focused paradigm of education; and considers the roles technology might…

Asserting that advanced technology in schools is no longer reserved solely for spaces such as computer labs, media centers, and libraries, discusses how technology integration affects school design, addressing areas such as installation, space and proportion, lighting, furniture, and flexibility and simplicity. (EV)

Describes a program called Learning Enhancements through Innovation (LEI) Aloha, developed at the University of Hawaii, Manoa to integrate technology into the preservice teacher education curriculum. Explains the technology intensive (TI) designation; TI standards and guidelines; course proposals; professional development for faculty teaching the…

Discusses technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) in the United Kingdom developed under the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP) and the Computers in Teaching Initiatives (CTI) Centre for Modern Languages. The use of technology for computer-assisted language learning, the integration of technology, and courseware development are…

States that the standard book format is being challenged by the more flexible hypermedia. Argues that traditional issues of standardization solved by the book are being reopened by hypermedia, and that language itself is being reexamined. Concludes that all institutions will need to be prepared for a "hyperactive data world." (PA)

Explains WebQuests, Internet-based lessons that integrate technology into the classrooms without the risks of exposing students to inappropriate Web sites. Examples are given of WebQuests that students created in various grade levels, as well as an assignment for teacher education students to design a WebQuest. (LRW)

Suggests use of elements of risk communication by crisis communication practitioners facing increasing industrial reliance on new technologies which might be associated with potential health/environment harm. Studies a small company crisis which reveals that elements of anticipation, public involvement/trust, technological comparison, and media…