Highlights some of the technological tools used by educational researchers today, focusing on data collection related tools such as Web surveys, digital photography, voice recognition and transcription, file sharing and virtual office, videoconferencing on the Internet, instantaneous chat and chat rooms, reporting and dissemination, and digital…

Notes that an Internet newsmagazine was created to ascertain effects of three dimensions of news salience - magnitude, likelihood, and immediacy of events - on selective news exposure. Notes that undergraduate students sampled articles, and their selective exposure was automatically recorded. Finds that independent manipulation of salience…

Considers how reliable research can be conducted using a mutating phenomenon like the Web. Explores how reliably Web sources can be documented. Suggests that researchers should cite digital articles in databases where possible and consider avoiding references to online journals with print editions. (SG)

Asserts that the systematic de-emphasis of print (as opposed to electronic) media and the unique habits of mind they alone inculcate suppresses the spirit of inquiry because it foreshortens the horizon of ideas to which a student may be exposed and narrows the cognitive options for developing and exploring alternative ways of thinking. (EV)

Discusses qualitatively enhanced access to data collections, requiring a more meaningful interface which endows the users with personal agents that are adaptable to the users' individual retrieval preferences. Users are given recommendations derived from best practice in information search processes to perform successful retrieval activities via…

Survey data indicate that 82% of employers and 87% of employees feel some nonwork-related Internet and e-mail use is acceptable at work; 31% of employers monitor these activities. However, employees' personal use of employers' e-mail and Internet access is not protected under the law. Employers can face legal liability for employees' inappropriate…

Describes a storytelling unit that offers a unique opportunity for students to develop skills in telling and writing stories while enhancing their Internet research skills. Notes that these stories require writers to conduct research and use their imaginations to create a story plot and characters that hold the reader's and listener's interest.…

Considers how colleges and universities are turning their first-year composition courses into computer-intensive writing experiences, and sooner or later this momentum will push computers into secondary language arts classrooms. Presents annotations of seven websites that offer teaching ideas for middle school language arts. (SG)

Introduces an extension of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for closed multiparty conferences; the extension expands SIP for discovery of participant identities in a conference, and ensures that each participant is notified before a new participant joins. Verifies this extension by applying it to two SIP conference models. Concludes with an…

Notes that reading aloud motivates young children to want to learn to read, and nurtures language development, concepts of print, comprehension, understanding of story structure, literary development, and real world knowledge. Contends that picture books may be one of the best read-aloud resources for teachers of all ages. Presents annotations of…

Defines the relationship that is intended between classroom-based and laboratory based activities, private study and language class, individual and collective effort, and computer-centered and teacher-led learning. Suggests that the aid the computer can provide can be effectively brought into the classroom as an integral part of the teacher's own…

Introduces a three-part feature examining the potential of the Internet to reshape higher education, commenting on four key drivers of change that have taken on new meaning for campuses as Internet use has accelerated: a renewed focus on learning and learners, the movement of technology from the back office to the front office, the search for new…

The editor of "The Wired Tower: Perspectives on the Impact of the Internet on Higher Education" suggests that institutions use the Internet to foster long-term relationships with learners, focus on mini-transformations, find their Internet niche, and seek institutional competitiveness. (EV)

Explores successful integration of online learning in schools by drawing a parallel between the introduction of Internet technologies and the introduction of a new vaulting pole to pole-vaulting. Highlights the need for a paradigm shift in learning to build a learning culture in schools and a strategic plan to enculturate students to be lifelong…

Presents a Web site that utilizes the Learning-by-Objective (LBO) model that integrates Internet tools for knowledge transmission, communication, and assessment of learning. Explains that the LBO model has been used in creating micro and macroeconomic course Web sites with WebCT software. (CMK)