After 2 decades of effort and investment, new technologies remain tangential in most American classrooms. To integrate technology, schools must clarify learning goals, identify classroom opportunities, provide funding and equipment, stress robust staff development, combine rich information with powerful tools, match rigorous program assessment to…

Focuses on the Big6 perspective of synthesis--organizing information from multiple sources and presenting the result. Highlights several ways to organize information and gives examples of exercises that use these two aspects of synthesis. Discusses the role of technology in synthesis and the integration of teaching software for synthesis. (AEF)

A study of computer access in 85 Florida and Georgia secondary classrooms showed that the disparity between reform rhetoric and reality is staggering. There are precious few computers accessible to students, fewer Internet-ready computers, and large numbers of teachers who had never been trained to log on. (11 References) (MLH)

The Bloomington campus of Indiana University, faced with mounting needs for installed technology in classrooms, developed a cost model for classroom renovation and technology installation. The model is applied to existing conditions to develop a 10-year plan that will bring all general-purpose classrooms up-to-date. Five tables illustrate costs…

The goal of technology education is universal technological literacy. Technology study in middle school must be more than an added science curriculum unit. Three instructional approaches predominate: student projects, technological problem solving (design under constraint), and modular technology education. The National Middle School Association's…

Using technology can empower students, but most U.S. schools fall short of this goal. The power of technology as related to other school subjects and problem solving is well documented in projects promoting integration of technology education with mathematics and science. National Science Education Standards are summarized. (26 references) (MLH)

Realizing he had learned persistence and proficiency for solving software glitches in nontechnical settings, a computer-literate teacher argues that technology should not be elevated at curriculum's expense. Technology is only a means toward achieving educational objectives set for students. (MLH)

Describes the University of Texas at Austin's undergraduate writing center and its in-progress "virtual writing center." Discusses the problems and pitfalls of writing online, such as online identity and how face to face conversation turns are arranged. Compares the advent of computer technology with the ancient Hittites' beginnings in…

Purchasing custom-made desks with durable glass tops to house computers and double as student work space solved the problem of how to squeeze in additional classroom computers at Johnson Park Elementary School in Princeton, New Jersey. This article describes a K-5 grade school's efforts to overcome barriers to integrating technology. (PEN)

New computer-mediated communications are examined in a graduate course in the Department of Workforce Education and Development at Southern Illinois University. Use of prerequisite skills testing and integration of desktop videoconferencing technology provide students with the ability to interact in the distance environment. The feasibility and…

Reviews the development of information technology in public schools in Jordan from 1984-1998. Concludes that the highly centralized nature of the Jordanian educational system and the comprehensive policy of the Directorate of Educational Computing have made the introduction of computers in schools less difficult. (Author/LRW)

States that advanced technology, cost control concerns, and worldwide expansion in distance education programs challenge technical communication teachers to find ways of delivering quality technical writing courses by distance. Describes a distance platform at Texas A&M. Sees examining, applying, and testing existing distance theory in…

Describes how Austin Community College in Austin, Texas uses information technology (IT) to leverage existing resources, develop solutions, and enhance academic offerings while focusing on their diverse community of students. Discusses organization of IT divisions and committees, distance learning efforts, network infrastructure, integration of…

Describes how literacy and technology have come together in the form of READ posters (featuring movie, television and sports stars posing with their favorite books) and Reading Web projects. Presents activities that engage children in reading, writing, and publishing as ways of responding to intermediate-level literature and sharing insights,…

Discusses how to move teachers away from using computer technology for drill and practice toward a more integrated approach. Topics include teacher training; supporting and extending curriculum objectives; learning environments; barriers to technology integration; and stages of integration, including the adoption phase, support, appropriation, and…