Notes that to take advantage of the Web's pedagogical potential, teachers of composition need to develop a rhetoric of the image that avoids both the Platonic suspicion of the visual and the urge to subordinate images to the Word. Suggests that composition teachers need to be less puritanical about the sensuous dimension of the Web's visual…

Discusses results of a survey questionnaire of public and school libraries that investigated the use of Internet filtering software. Considers filter alternatives; reasons for filtering or not filtering; brand names; satisfaction with site blocking; satisfaction with the decision to install filter software; and guidelines for considering filters.…

Describes an activity to learn about meteorology and weather using the internet. Discusses the National Weather Service (NWS) internet site www.weather.gov. Students examine maximum and minimum daily temperatures, wind speed, and direction. (SAH)

Describes technological, demographic, and market forces shaping the new digital media culture and the various Web sites being created for children and teens, explaining how heavily-promoted commercial sites overshadow educational sites. Discusses efforts to create safe Internet zones for children. Recommends actions to promote development of a…

Describes a study that provided slum children in New Delhi (India) with unsupervised and unguided access to the Internet via an outdoor kiosk. Concludes that children seem to understand and use the technology fluently and that language and formal education do not seem to make any significant difference. (Author/LRW)

Examines the culture and history of the Internet that have contributed to the recent emergence of a subset of romantic interpersonal relationships known as computer mediated relationships. Considers the differences between the characteristics of face-to-face relationships and online relationships. Discusses implications of findings on clinical…

Shopping malls are environments in which many adults find community. They are potentially ideal for adult learning, especially via the Internet, because they can offer pacing, flexible hours, and self-direction and interaction. (SK)

Offers advice for choosing an Internet provider: consider the amount of time, effort, and expertise one has, coupled with the complexity of the Web page, which impact price and choice of provider; and question providers about server speed, ports, architecture, traffic levels, fee structures, and registration of domain names. Lists 33 Web presence…

Describes the development of corporate intranets (internal computer networks) and their potential use in training. Discusses computer-based training and how intranets are presently used more as tools than as training delivery systems. Includes a list of Internet-based resources. (JOW)

Ideally, California education agencies should negotiate their best telecommunications deal, further reduced by discounting their (federal) E-rate and their California Teleconnect fund rate. In reality, many districts are not realizing these discounts, due to application, management, and accountability complexities. A new training program may…

Argues that dominant hypermedia models of electronic literacy are too limited to do justice to new media and changing views of literacy in the electronic age, especially in terms of their recourse to postmodern theories of representation. Critiques a general hypermedia perspective in order to engage with hypermedia theorists to seek a more…

Reports that the class of 1990 of Stanford University (California) has pledged a record total for a class 10 years out of college. Suggests that Stanford's close relationship to Silicon Valley is responsible but that the volatility of the stock market illustrates the risks involved in fund raising from young Internet entrepreneurs. The $7.5…

The first federal Internet privacy law (the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) provides safeguards for children by regulating collection of their personal information. Unfortunately, teens are not protected. Legislation is pending to protect children from online marketers such as ZapMe! Interactive technologies require constant vigilance.…

Presents an abstract of a planned panel discussion with representatives of several different types of organizations involved in preprint archives and journal publishing. Topics include distributing preprints of unpublished papers in the scientific research community via the Internet; the role of scientific electronic journals; and the Universal…

Five teams of postgraduate business students in three countries participate din a business strategy simulation game using e-mail and videoconferencing. The pilot study showed the need for technical support and a game administrator and the importance of making simulated competition conditions as realistic as possible to enable transfer of learning.…