Provides an overview of New Horizons for Learning, a nonprofit organization founded in 1980. New Horizons acts as a catalyst for change in education, communicates relevant research, supports an expanded vision of learning, implements proven strategies for learning at all ages and abilities, and supports lifelong learning communities. Highlights…

The Internet and the National Information Infrastructure provide a multimedia environment for offering distributed distance education over wide area networks. Distributed education encompasses practices where geographically dispersed learning resources share communication. Discusses advantages of distributed education and examines the educational…

Most students report preferring group learning to distance education. Examines earlier debates about technology in education and the dilemma of students not wanting distance learning but increasingly demanding it. It discusses how to successfully incorporate it into mainstream education. (SM)

Examines a family-centered approach to the prescription and delivery of computers to children with disabilities. Discusses effective team decision making regarding computers in the home environment, and the relevance of family and cultural factors, such as family routines, stress, cultural value systems, and time constraints. Considers…

Offers background on constructivism as a means of reconceptualizing the ways in which students learn. Given this concept of learning and the Montessori emphasis on contextualized learning, investigates the potential role of the Internet and the World Wide Web in the classroom, including examples of classroom use and career development. (Author/SD)

Scotch College (Adelaide, Australia) has networked 90% of its classrooms. This article describes the campus computer network and its hardware and configuration; World Wide Web problems and solution; a "mini Internet" of curriculum-specific materials gathered from the Web; student and faculty use; student and staff training; security;…

Provides examples of how one public elementary school library media specialist integrates the use of computers into literature lessons. Describes activities for grades K-5 as well as project suggestions for any grade. (AEF)

The Telecommunications Act of 1996 contains a number of provisions ranging from the imposition of liability for allowing minors access to "obscene and indecent" material on interactive computer networks to special rates for certain classes of providers of educational and medical services. Examines key aspects of the act of particular…

Describes a simple computer-interface experiment for recording the response of an RC network to an arbitrary input excitation. The setup is used to pose a variety of open-ended investigations in network modeling by varying the initial conditions, input signal waveform, and the circuit topology. (DDR)

Discusses the changing focus of instructional technology research and how it is affected by the constructivist/objectivist debate. Reviews studies in elementary and secondary classrooms that address constructivist questions, and examines problems with these studies. Notes there may be a movement toward a merging of philosophies and a trend toward…

Describes a multimedia math activity for sixth-grade students who have access to a computer lab. Students work in groups and interview an adult who uses math in his or her job. Then, they write an explanatory narrative describing how that adult uses math. Finally, they create a KidPix video slideshow with voice overlays to share with the class.…

Describes a science project at Booker T. Washington Middle School #54 (New York City) where seventh and eighth graders computed the Hudson River's water quality using ClarisWorks spreadsheets and MicroWorlds software. Students gained technology skills and public recognition, as well as scientific and environmental information. Includes sample…

Describes the design of several CD-ROMs with different strategies and foci for teaching general chemistry with large databases of visual information. Presents a sample search with a CD-ROM. Discusses teacher resources including animations, visual databases for presentations, demonstration manuals, laboratory manuals, and encyclopedias as well as…

Describes mathematics courses developed for guided self-study at a distance. The courses incorporate new educational media and special didactic techniques. Provides details about how a computer can be used in such a setting, and focuses on a computer practical examination used for an advanced course in Fourier transforms. (27 references) (DDR)

Describes: (1) corporate technology initiatives driven by public-relations motives; (2) collaborative strategies for teacher-student technology learning; (3) an online school-improvement site; 4) privatization of school-district technology operations; and (5) a primer on listservs for school leaders. Also provides information on school technology,…