Describes a new one-year graduate program at Vermont's Marlboro College that offers two unique master's degrees: a master's of science in Internet strategy management (to help business students use the Internet effectively in the corporate world) and a master's of arts in teaching with Internet technologies (to help teachers navigate the…

Describes an intervention developed to help overcome reading apathy and motivate high school students to read. The intervention involved teaching students how to select books to read by practicing the creation of book previews in the computer lab. Evaluation of student surveys, book selections, and book reports indicated that learning to preview…

Reports on implementation of a World Wide Web site for teacher professional development. Presents results of pilot project involving four high school and middle school mathematics teachers. Highlights three specific ways in which teachers can benefit from Web: (1) consistent opportunities for reflection and sharing; (2) shortened cycle for…

Asserts that the fun of searching the World Wide Web is an essential step in helping students create their own knowledge. Discusses searching for information about immigration and issues surrounding many immigration-related Web sites. Includes an annotated listing of Web sites with information and lesson plans for teaching about immigration. (DSK)

Discusses points that educators should consider when using the technology of networked writing environments. Stresses the need to understand how technology functions and intervenes for pedagogical processes. Contains 57 references. (DDR)

Malaysian at-risk students trained in information-technology skills were appointed to lead cooperative-learning groups engaged in computer-search activities. Activities were structured to incorporate individual accountability, positive interdependence and interaction, collaborative skills, and group processing. Motivation, self-confidence,…

Describes nursing education integrating the Internet at Ball State University: (1) redesign of a professional-issues course; (2) electronic conferencing and computer quizzes in a health-appraisal course; (3) Internet tools used in an introductory associate-degree course; and (4) redesign of the required registered nurse-completion course. (SK)

Describes how to customize standard computer-software programs for use with elementary school students. Explains language-arts projects, especially the use of word processing; discusses children's procedures and attitudes; and describes the use of a draw program to create customized learning processes, particularly with mathematics. (LRW)

Examines the network computer, originally conceived as an alternative device to personal computers to access the Internet and World Wide Web, from a technology perspective and looks at potential uses in education. Describes network architecture; discusses uses for library research, educational technology laboratories, and distance education.…

Describes "housecalls," a program at Virginia Tech that provides personal technical assistance to faculty, and shows how the program promotes innovation in instructional technology within a hierarchy of faculty technical and instructional support needs. Addresses innovation theory and demonstrates the presence of eight conditions that…

Identifies the primary impediment to the integration of technology into higher-education instruction as the lack of an efficient faculty-support system for instructional technology. Discusses some of the misunderstandings between computing and teaching professionals that contribute to the problem. Outlines a proposal for a professional position to…

Reports on the quantitative findings from a survey of Cornell University undergraduates and on qualitative findings from a prior focus group that investigated computer literacy and the most effective methods to learn computer-literacy skills. Implications for supporting student computing needs are discussed. (LRW)

Describes the planning and successful integration of technology into the Oswego School District (New York). Highlights include creating a sustainable effort, building barriers against obsolescence, steady focus on professional development, inservice professional development, and looking to a bright future. (AEF)

Describes database-driven Web pages that dynamically display different information each time the page is accessed in response to the user's needs. Highlights include information management; online assignments; grade tracking; updating Web pages; creating database-driven Web pages; and examples of how they have been used for a high school physics…

Discusses the use of webliographies, collections of Internet sites on a particular subject, to help students find relevant and useful sources on the World Wide Web. Highlights include the validity of information sources; developing criteria for evaluating information; how to set up a webliography Web page; and HTML commands. (LRW)