Describes the experience of a bilingual kindergarten teacher who, in an effort to improve students' writing, used color-coded symbols familiar to students on specific key functions of the computer keyboard. Familiarity with the keyboard functions facilitated the children's understanding and consequent use of software, and allowed the children to…

According to Ivan Illich, education is a commodity and schooling the tool, but schooling has set the agenda and become the end. Investigates three themes from Illich's writings on schools, institutions, and convivial society and applies them to current education. Explores implications of deschooling, redefines convivial education, and critiques…

Explains how students are able to interact with a team of interplanetary scientists at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by using the Iowa Communications Network (ICN). Discusses the professional development component in detail. (DDR)

Argues that, in the long run, computers may have overstated their application while playing down their specialties. Describes four ways computers in education can limit choice--the physical, the medium, money, and the content--and notes the falsity of "interactivity" for describing computer-oriented programs. (AEF)

Describes experiences of the Computers in Teaching Initiatives (CTI) centers for chemistry and physics which provide support to academic staff in universities in the United Kingdom who are using communications and information technology. Topics include funding by the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme (TLTP); courseware development; and…

Explores the relative effects of cooperation with and without inter-group competition on Taiwanese students' academic achievement in science and their attitudes toward science in a computer-assisted instruction environment. Contains 23 references. (Author/ASK)

Discusses the vital place of proofs in geometry classes. Argues that, although inductive geometry with computer software certainly makes theorems come alive, proofs lead to insight and understanding that allow students to extend the concepts that they see in examples. Presents a theorem, its proof, and a computer exercise. (ASK)

Emerging technology changes to obsolete technology in a short time. Formal policies need to be adopted as technology becomes a more fundamental element of school administrative and instructional programs. A survey of 17 unified school districts in 2 midwestern states revealed that only 2 districts had a formal written obsolescence policy. (MLF)

Explores the ergonomic needs of students within the classroom and the mistakes schools commonly make regarding classroom furniture. Several considerations are discussed for improving desk and chair design, particularly involving computer desks, and the proper use and placement of lighting. (GR)

Explains how to use technology to enhance learning and teaching in the community college, and how to provide adequate user support for computer systems. Describes the technology plan implemented at Howard Community College. (JDI)

Describes how Texas A&M University uses the Internet in preservice teacher education, explaining how to construct a basic interactive Web site, taking the concept of e-mail communication a step further to include use of the Internet to enhance student teaching supervision, and examining ways of troubleshooting common problems that may arise…

Looks at the frames (of time, space, roles, and knowledge) that define learning, and examines how such frames would be radically altered by online learning. Discusses students, teachers, schooling as an institution, commercialization, and curriculum. Concludes that the new frame may deliver much, and may also exclude much. Includes listings of Web…

About 250 of the Beaufort County, South Carolina school district's 1,200 sixth graders at three middle schools have participated in the School-Book Laptop Project since 1996. Followup studies through seventh grade show that laptops enhanced academic gains among students who traditionally have not succeeded in school. Laptop users consistently…

Uses Tenner's framework of unintended consequences of the introduction and use of technology and applies it to a case study in educational technology change at Curtin University (Western Australia). Discusses distance education, computer-mediated communication based on the World Wide Web, and revenge as a framework for identifying unintended…

Describes a project at Athens Academy (Georgia) to integrate media technology into a non-computer course on Middle Eastern studies. Class organization, materials, lessons, instructional methods, and activities are outlined. Analyses problems encountered during the course and reports on an evaluation of the course by outside observers. (DSK)