Superintendents across the country are feeling more isolated and vulnerable than ever before. To overcome feelings of isolation, some throw themselves into community activities; others join professional organizations or network with colleagues in neighboring districts. Lonely superintendents should also reach out to people, take care of…

The National Network for Educational Renewal is committed to cultivating and connecting all the essential components of a healthy teacher education enterprise: the partner schools (clinical or professional development schools); subject specializations of university arts and sciences departments; and the part of teacher education commonly provided…

Introduces the digital object as a logical structure for organizing information expressed as sequences of bits. The characteristics of digital objects are compared to the attributes of fixation in a material objects and shown to be generally equivalent. Copyright rights of distribution, as well as public performance, in a network environment are…

Explains the use of satellite connections for Internet access and whether this access route is useful for colleges and universities compared to current traditional connections. Comparison of startup costs and hardware needs are discussed, as as is one college's answer to providing Internet services without the cost, overhead, or installation…

The theme for this supplement is "Teaching the Teachers" and contains 10 articles. Among the topics are battling resistance to technology, ways teachers can use e-mail to extend students' learning, a board member's ventures into cyberspace, and school management software. (MLF)

Discussion of the need for interaction in distance learning focuses on the use of response systems, an interactive network that uses phone lines and modems to facilitate communication. Experiences using a One Touch system at Grambling State University are described. (LRW)

This sociolinguistic investigation analyzes an innovative usage of Spanish motion verbs, demonstratives, and locatives in Barcelona, Spain that involves crosslinguistic pragmatic transfer. Speakers in the two social networks examined (n=58) use these Spanish deictics following pragmatic rules that generally correspond to the rules for their…

Discusses the theoretical links between motivation and learning and the use of information technology resulting from the installation of a new computer network in a secondary school. Results of evaluation by both teachers and pupils show improved teaching and learning and increased enjoyment of learning. (Author/LRW)

For many school districts, planning, developing, and implementing a technology infrastructure has become very expensive, time-consuming, and knowledge-intensive. Following Hartford, Connecticut's example, districts should expand cooperative purchasing, try outsourcing, develop vendor partnerships, and use regional educational service centers. (MLH)

Explores technology planning possibilities via interviews with a district-level technology director, a state instructional technology director, and a state administrative technology director. Schools' biggest planning challenges are funding, professional development, and technology integration. The Web browser is becoming a "universal…

Internet II will take three to five years to develop, will be 1,000 times faster than Internet I, and will cost at least $500 million. Key developers are universities, several federal agencies, and leading computer and telecommunications firms. Internet II will support face-to-face communications technology to facilitate "real-time" networking.…

Examines and compares the cost and benefit factors involved in networking information technologies in education and training in the specific fields of business (management education) and law. Discusses the diversity of networking, describes teaching methods in law schools, and offers recommendations for successful networking. (Author/LRW)

Describes a project that offered customized training in Internet access and networking to enable participants to implement specific technology-related projects in their communities. Highlights include intergenerational partnerships, hardware and software, laptop computers used as file servers, and a sidebar that describes some of the resulting…

Discusses the importance of associations for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) professionals. Focuses on professional associations, professional development, networking opportunities, professional standards, representation and advocacy, and services for members. A list of associations for ESL professionals is included. (Author/VWL)

Offers insights about online conferences from a participant's perspective. Topics include the development of computer-network technology that has improved online conferences; advantages, including early access to conference papers, participants' degree of control, increased interaction, convenience, and cost effectiveness; and suggestions for…