Focuses on students showing a lack of conceptual insight while using computer algebra systems (CAS) in the setting of an elementary calculus and linear algebra course for first year university students in social sciences. The use of a computer algebra environment has been incorporated into a more traditional course but with special attention on…

Presents ways of using an electronic whiteboard as a chalkboard or whiteboard, a computer, or an overhead projector in whole class instruction. (KHR)

Addresses internet training by having graduate counseling students use a structured interview with undergraduate volunteer clients to assess which needs could be met using the Internet. Graduate students then identified relevant Web sites and explored these in a meeting with the volunteer clients. Results indicated that participants encountered…

Describes the renovation of Lisle Senior High School in Lisle, Illinois, including technology upgrades. (EV)

Explains the prevalence and rationale of ubiquitous computing on college campuses--teaching with the assumption or expectation that all faculty and students have access to the Internet--and offers lessons learned by pioneering institutions. Lessons learned involve planning, technology, implementation and management, adoption of computer-enhanced…

Describes how, at the University of Denver's technology services office, electronically savvy students solve problems from sticky keyboards to lost passwords. (EV)

Describes how George Mason University is using a high-tech building to lure professors into expanding their use of technology in teaching. (EV)

Describes how many colleges plan for information retrieval after a disaster, but that for some small ones the cost is prohibitive--and not all professors keep copies of their work. (EV)

Describes how colleges are taking advantage of bargains on fiber-optic lines to build regional computer networks; some envision a national network for academe. (EV)

Describes a new support model created to address the need for improved technology integration opportunities--Whole-Context, Instruction-Driven Support for Higher Education Technology (WISE)--and its initial pilot. (EV)

Discusses effects of introducing children to computers, including effects on children's sense of time and potential negative effects on children's play. Concludes that the trend toward computer technology in the classroom cannot be turned back and urges that teachers insure that the technology is not used repressively. (RH)

Explores the technology which enables humans to speak directly to computers without the use of a keyboard. Suggests not only that dictation skills be emphasized in the classroom, but also that experimental research be undertaken to explore the processes involved in speaking rather than writing words. (MM)

A random sample of 79 secondary agriculture instructors in Kansas was asked about microcomputer use and their perceptions of conditions inhibiting the implementation of microcomputers. High use was indicated, especially of telecommunications. Lack of time and funding for equipment were inhibiting factors. (JOW)

Discusses the findings of the National Assessment of Educational Progress 1985-86 survey of American students' computer competence, focusing on findings of interest to reading teachers who use computers. (MM)

Discusses an activity in which computers with color monitors can be used to demonstrate light blending with relative ease. (MKR)