Provides some basic and rudimentary information on using the Internet and the World Wide Web. Succinctly answers such questions as: What is the Internet?; What does it cost?; and What kind of equipment do I need? Includes a list of recommended Web sites for general coverage of social studies. (MJP)

The 21st Century Schoolhouse Project is an international project involving six high schools from Israel, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Brazil, and the United States. The project includes English language, history, geography, and environmental science teachers and students working on environmental issues over the Internet while using English and…

In the second phase of a longitudinal study of Internet use in Alberta schools, teachers who were experienced Internet users were partnered with graduate research assistants trained in the use of search engines and search strategies. The partnerships designed a variety of Internet-based school activities. Teachers reported on factors that assisted…

Presents a history of federal government involvement in public education. Discusses programs for the deaf and blind, land grant colleges, and rural schools; and technology-related programs, including the E-rate program, children's television programs, and the Star School Program. Emphasizes the government role needed to ensure access to the…

Discusses a pilot project at the College of DuPage Library (Illinois) that explored methods of providing services to students enrolled in online classes. Reports that there is a greater need for communication with the online student, and that the online student is not necessarily computer savvy. Suggests that computer training and technological…

Discusses the vital role policy plays in the effective delivery of information services over the Internet, as well as the need to keep policies at a minimum so as not to impede users' creativity and imaginative powers when online. Provides four examples from community college libraries. (NB)

Copyright compliance can be divided into two phases: things and people. Suggestions are provided for managing things (print, video, audio, computer software, hardware, local area network resources, and Internet) and people (students, teachers, and staff). Responsibilities of the copyright manager are briefly noted. (AEF)

A survey of recent publications shows that frequent topics of Internet and information retrieval research are the effectiveness of search engines, information validation and quality, user studies, design of user interfaces, data structures and metadata, classification and vocabulary based aids, and indexing and search agents. The changing balance…

Discusses how the resources of public libraries are now available to distant learners through telecommunication services. Highlights increases in library Web access, revitalizations of libraries, and increases in library use. Summaries key items in one university-public library cooperative agreement. (AEF)

Evaluates the "fit" between literacy educators and Internet use through survey and written journal responses during an Internet course. Literacy educators were drawn to teacher-teacher e-mailing, electronic (telecommunications) library research, to the Web, and to a far lesser extent listserv subscriptions and e-mailing for classroom students.…

Reports on a small-scale ethnographic study carried out with lower secondary students of Urdu and Bengali at a mainstream school in East London. Focused on the use of the Internet and multi-lingual word processing within a Web publishing project and examined the role played by information and communications technologies at different stages.…

Reports that, based on a survey of 195 distance education students, significant differences were found between the way male and female students identified the strengths and weaknesses of the online environment. Also finds that online courses are of great value to nontraditional students, particularly female adult learners with children or family…

In recent years, a number of curriculum reform projects have championed the notion of having students do science in ways that move beyond hands-on work with authentic materials and methods, or developing a conceptual grasp of current theories. These reformers have argued that students should come to an understanding of science through doing the…

Over the previous decade, white supremacist organizations have tapped into the ever emerging possibilities offered by the World Wide Web. Drawing from prior sociological work that has examined this medium and its uses by white supremacist organizations, this article advances the understanding of recruitment, identity and action by providing a…

The issue of obesity and overweight adolescents has saturated media reports and newspapers as of late. Schools offer a unique environment to make an impact in the area of fitness in that they can develop health-related activity and assessment programs designed to promote proper physical activity and assess the changes in children (Koplan et al.,…