Describes the continuation of a project that used collaborative technologies to team teach elementary science methods courses across three different public institutions. Student outcomes for the project indicate positive change in comfort with technology and understanding science education issues. (Author/MM)

Discusses the need to focus on the human dimension to encourage considerate behavior among Internet users, and considers the confidentiality of transactions between librarians and users. Highlights include developing a user focus; individuality and privacy; harassment; management information; research on privacy at Loughborough University; and…

Suggests components necessary for a library career center to help patrons look for jobs. Highlights include location; collection; physical arrangement; local resources; teaching about appropriate Internet tools; word processing stations; having reference materials as well as circulating materials; and seminars. (LRW)

In the alternative licensure program for career and technical education teachers offered at the Ohio State University, some courses are entirely web based and others are web enhanced and include a combination of classroom time and Internet-based activities. Faculty concerns include time, technical expertise, and security. Student issues include…

Focuses on the morality of distance education in geography. States that distance education learners are a qualitatively different, older population with educational needs separate from traditional on-campus students. Argues that geography educators have a moral obligation to serve lifelong learners. Includes references. (CMK)

Notes that through trial and error, one of the most effective activities the author and her first grade gifted reading students discovered was an Internet Inquiry method. Concludes that with the rapidly changing world, children's literacy futures will include new technology. Considers how the new technologies should support and not replace…

This pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of using PDAs (personal digital assistants or palm pilots) as a data collection device in studying information seeking behaviors of undergraduate students. Discusses results that shows heavy use of Internet search engines and that most information searches do not extend beyond the first…

Examines communicative interactions between native speakers (NSs) and nonnative speakers (NNSs) of Japanese on Internet relay chat, with a special focus on implicit negative feedback in the interactions. Reports that NSs of Japanese gave implicit negative feedback to their NNS partners and NNSs used the feedback in their subsequent production, but…

Describes a prime-number unit that targets middle school students learning about patterns, formulas, and large numbers while participating in a search for the largest prime number. (YDS)

Notes that in teacher education, stories can be used to help teachers focus on professional practices and beliefs. Contends that this instructional tool acknowledges the influence that lived experiences have in teachers' current and future educational decision-making. Explores how pre- and inservice teachers' understanding of university course…

Notes that the Internet allows students and teachers to participate in literacy events and access reading resources previously unavailable to them. Describes a study designed to explore literacy researchers' and innovative teachers' thinking about the benefits of Internet-based curricular activities and instructional practices used to enhance…

Explains San Diego County Office of Education's "Reading in Secondary Education" (RISE), an online series of nine professional development modules for secondary teachers and administrators, intended for use in staff development groups or by individual educators. Notes that the program combines video, Web information, lesson plans, and Internet…

Provides an overview of Learning Management System (LMS) software, which is necessary for the creation of a Virtual Centre for Foreign Language Learning. Also describes a new discipline called Web Assisted Language Learning (WALL), which can be broken down into three areas: the Web as a source of resources; the Web as a window of multimedia…

Presents one of the world's first prototypes of language learning software for smart-phones. Tele-EnREDando.com is an Internet based multimedia application designed for 3G mobile phones with audio, video, and interactive exercises for learning Spanish for business. (Author/VWL)

Highlights a webquest, or an inquiry-oriented activity in which some or all of the information that learners interact with comes from resources on the Internet. Highlights the structure of a webquest, discusses producing a webquest, and provides sample webquests. (Author/VWL)