Explains that as globalization expands the forces of the market, information technologies are pervading the educational arena. States that one instance, the Knowledge Management System (KMS), proposes to produce retrievable materials via the Internet and hypertext and seeks to provide highly selected and targeted knowledge. Includes references.…

A multimethod exploration of undergraduates' high-speed Internet use in residence halls took a uses-and-gratifications approach and revealed Internet use as integral to students' lives. Students' negative comments about Internet distractions from academic work led to identification of an individual difference variable, internal locus of control of…

This study uses a computer log is to evaluate now online content is consumed and to identify individual differences among students in terms of content usage and the amount of content presented in Web-supported course sites. Findings show the amount of content accessed is very high, but large differences exist among students. (Author/AEF)

Multicasting is a necessity for a broadband metro-area-network; however security problems exist with current multicast protocols. A stateful multicast access control mechanism, based on MAPE, is proposed. The architecture of MAPE is discussed, as well as the states maintained and messages exchanged. The scheme is flexible and scalable. (Author/AEF)

The LearningByDoing eClassroom[C] is a highly structured synchronous application for teaching and doing research on medium to large sized groups over the Internet and is an open system for content delivery. Forty students, four facilitators, and a principle instructor can successfully co-create an environment which processes interactions similar…

Includes an interview with Cathy Fowler, a Year 7 teacher at Kawungan State School in Queensland, Australia. Explains that Cathy is a participant and coordinator of the extremely popular Harry Potter Book Rap, a guided Internet book discussion among students all over the world. Discusses how this activity fueled her students' love for reading. (PM)

Includes an interview with second-grade teacher Patty Taverna and computer teacher Terry Hongell. Explains that their collaboration on social studies projects yielded some remarkable activities. Outlines the first such project--the "Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad" website. (PM)

Describes a collaborative project between the Virtual School of Engineering at The University of Queensland and two junior and senior science classes at Townsville State High School. The project involved science students working with real world engineering problems using on-line resources. Problems were created by the senior science teacher and…

In order to examine the potential benefits and existing barriers of preservice science teachers engaging in an electronic professional community on the World Wide Web, a "Web Forum" was constructed called the SciTeach forum. Although there are barriers to overcome, a "Web-based" forum appears to be an effective instrument to provide support to a…

Discusses the use of virtual expeditions in the social studies classroom through a real-life journey documented on the Internet using images, sounds, and text. Addresses how virtual expeditions work, includes four web sites to locate virtual expeditions, and explores such issues as the computer system requirements, support, and cost. (CMK)

Describes the artwork, "In the Garden" (Romare Bearden), focusing on its content and use of color. Provides background information on Bearden. Includes activities in mathematics, earth sciences, art history, religion and language arts, visual arts, and the Internet. (CMK)

Notes that for women and girls, anxiety about technology is compounded by traditional gender-power dynamics that often position technology as male, and by the development of technological literacy as a product to be mastered rather than nurtured. Questions the extent to which web-based literacies can be taught while also fostering technological…

Explored student and parent attitudes toward school-based Internet use using an intergenerational approach that positioned 54 pairs of young adolescents and their parents as co-learners for simultaneous Internet instruction while another 51 pairs were given separate Internet instruction. Highlights include reliability measures, factor analysis,…

Presents "Project Solve," a web-based problem-solving instruction and guided practice for mathematical word problems. Discusses implications for college students for whom reading and comprehension of mathematical word problem solving are difficult, especially learning disabled students. (Author/KHR)

Focuses on using technology in the form of streaming Internet video segments to provide additional instruction in a foreign language/English-as-a-Second-Language (FL/ESL) methods course. Instructors used a digital camcorder to videotape the teaching of listening, speaking, reading, writing, culture, and essential course principles and converted…