Presents design features of the Dillard Drive Middle & Elementary School (North Carolina) that incorporates daylighting in the majority of the classrooms, the gymnasium, dining room, and media center. The design also uses advanced lighting controls, fiber optic networking, automatic environmental controls, and an energy management system that…

Discusses ways that technology is being applied to provide safe schools. Use of computers, CD-ROMs, and the Internet are explored as potential problem solving methods. Also discussed are the types of tools available for school staff training. (GR)

Discusses the technology shopping spree that Arizona educators are conducting thanks to a $50 million budgeting allowance from the state's legislature to reduce the student-to-computer ratios. What the money was being spent on, and some of the problems created from a large influx of technology in some schools are highlighted. (GR)

Discusses the principles and components of the University of Southern California's "smart building": the Marshall School of Business. The building's design, learning environment, use of high-tech learning tools, audio/video teleconferencing, and more than 1,100 data/power hookups, making it the most technologically advanced in the…

Presents an autobiographical sketch of a science fiction writer's relationship with the Information Technology revolution, from the Commodore PET to Microsoft 2000: a creator of imaginary futures privileged to observe an "imaginary future" in the act of becoming present reality. Touches on the nature of narrative and technology, the changing…

Describes how high-bandwidth networks are delivering new educational and administrative opportunities for K-12 school districts. Addresses implementing the new network, upgrading to a switched environment, adding intelligent switches, IP telephony, and wireless technology. Describes deployment and benefits of broadband in the Denver public schools…

Examines the ways in which social work educators who are interested in Web technology but not expert in its applications can use the World Wide Web. Current opportunities and challenges in integrating technology into social work education are discussed, and future directions in the use of technology are explored. (EV)

Addresses issues related to the integration of instructional technology into public schools. Highlights include a definition of instructional technology; the current status of classroom technology; technology integration; forces of change; constraints and barriers to technology integration; teachers and technology; past attempts at educational…

This study presents a technology-based statistics teaching model developed from experience in teaching statistics in higher education. Technology-based learning and cooperative learning are merged in this model, including practical teaching processes that stimulate student enjoyment and motivation to learn statistics.( Contains 56 references.…

Describes a qualitative study that investigated middle school teachers' perspectives of their use of instructional technology, understanding of the technology, and feelings about the support structure associated with the equipment. Findings suggest that teachers feel technology is an integral part of education and they see a need for integrating…

Discussion of the integration of technology into education focuses on a model of goal-oriented behavior, Perceptual Control Theory, as a framework for understanding teacher adoption of technology. Examines the goals of teachers and how the use of technology might help or hinder their goals. (Author/LRW)

Describes how various countries have implemented curriculum change by integrating information and communication technology based on interviews in England, the United States, Australia, and Canada. Describes three phases through which countries progress as computers become more prevalent and focuses on the second phase, where technology is used…

Discusses various adoption and diffusion frameworks and methodologies to enhance the use of Web technologies by teaching staff. Explains the use of adopter-based models for product development; discusses the innovation-decision process; and describes PlatformWeb, a Web information system that was developed to help integrate a universities'…

This paper outlines McGill University's responses to the challenges of teaching and learning with information systems and technologies; it also gives a description of the underlying philosophy that is guiding these actions. The context at McGill is briefly outlined, with a discussion of the importance of planning and the relevance of these issues…

Excitement about handhelds must be tempered by an understanding of what is typically required when any new technology is introduced into classrooms. We know, for example, that to succeed, handheld initiatives will need clear educational objectives and a logical theory of action that guides implementation. We can anticipate that teachers will need…