Presents a multimodal intervention to help those students in upper primary and middle school who are reluctant to use computers to become comfortable and gain minimal competence with a computer. The seven modes are P-Practice; R-Risk-Taking Imagery and Behaviors; O-Organization and Planning; T-Tactile Exploration; E- Emotions; C-Cognitions;…

Shares how to use the computer lab and peer interviews to help students get to know each other at the beginning of the school year. Provides an example of a peer portrait on-line worksheet for students to use. (MG)

Argues against the encroachment of information technologies, particularly information machines, upon higher education. Describes the experience at an IBM Corporation presentation on the use of computers in the college classroom. Defines the term "talking head" and shows how this term relates to education. (HB)

Discusses five categories of obstacles to successful technology integration in the classroom: Time, Expertise, Access, Resources, and Support (TEARS). A chart outlines the obstacles and possible solutions. Similarity of obstacles to usage of film in the classroom 50 years ago is noted. (PEN)

Discusses a method that uses spreadsheets to calculate the exact distribution of the sum of two or more discrete random variables with arbitrary distributions. Demonstrates how this method can be used to investigate several problems that would be found interesting at the elementary level. (Author/ASK)

Presents the computer software Mathemagic, a remedial teaching system for high school mathematics. Describes a preliminary study that showed that the software could provide effective remediation to students. (Author/ASK)

Discusses the significance of the proliferation of new media for academic historians and their teaching. Describes the researcher's personal experiences incorporating multimedia technology into courses. Addresses points to consider before adopting multimedia as an individual or institution, including cost, standardization, and possible student…

Reviews "Teaching with Technology: Creating Student Centered Classrooms" by J. Haymore Sandholtz, C. Ringstaff, and D.C. Dwyer, a report on the Apple Classrooms Of Tomorrow Project. Notes that strengths of the book include its accessibility for teachers and administrators, use of quotations from teachers to illustrate the change…

Explains how one university extended the electronic reach of its students without sacrificing the university's nearly 150-year-old mission of personalized education. The five-year partnership between the school and a communications company and other cooperative arrangements with suppliers, service, and software manufacturers in transforming the…

Presents tips for using experiments in the classroom: start slowly, be organized, prepare follow-up discussions, be flexible, use them where appropriate. Addresses how to encourage participation, where to insert in a course, what to do if it fails, and how computers can be used. (SK)

Discusses ways in which computer software is consistent with general guidelines for providing effective and efficient intervention to young children with communication disorders. Beneficial characteristics of computer software and the potential usefulness of computer software in intervention are illustrated with examples from a child with delays…

Discusses the impact and the potential of the Internet on education. Suggests that educators and parents need to deal with the lack of quality assurance of the Internet. Addresses readability and appropriateness for children. Notes that successful use of the Internet by children requires that teachers provide instruction in multiple sources and…

Teachers must help students learn how to use the Internet appropriately and apply prior precautionary knowledge to Internet use. They must safeguard students by recognizing potential dangers when going online and establishing guidelines to minimize risk. These include previewing all sites, installing filtering software, teaching about Internet…

Discusses development of an Australian distance-education cosmology course that employs an interactive design model and an extensive communication system. The way the model is used to organized, sequence, and deliver the course is explained. Discussion addresses how the model might be used to design other courses. (Author/CR)

Explores what can be learned--in particular, what can be learned about science--from the Web sites of four well-known science journals: Discover, Scientific American, Nature, and Science. (Author/ASK)