Provides an overview of barriers to distance education, based on a recent literature review and survey of several thousand people involved in distance education, instructional technology, and training. The ten strongest barriers to distance education, 11 least important barriers to implementation, and five of the top barriers related directly to…

With specially formatted templates or simple Web page editors, teachers can lay out text and graphics in a work space resembling the interface of a word processor. Several options are presented to help teachers build Web sites. ree templates include Class Homepage Builder, AppliTools: HomePage, MySchoolOnline.com, and BigChalk.com. Web design…

Discusses how to define and teach algebra given the available technology, highlighting computer algebra systems (CAS), which feature multiply-linked graphical, numerical, and symbolic manipulation utilities. The article describes: today's versus yesterday's algebra; mathematics curriculum and the CAS; and use of CAS in the classroom, which can…

Discusses Boxer, a continuation and advance on the LOGO programming language. (MKR)

Using a computer and thermistor probes, students analyze graphs of temperature versus time. The experiment demonstrates phase changes in water, which can lead to a broader interpretation of matter, its properties, and the laws of thermodynamics. (Author/AIM)

Outlines the object-process approach to designing and analyzing studyware in organic chemistry. Object-process diagrams are used to visualize the relationships between objects and processes within a system. (Author/MKR)

Reports on what science teachers are doing with instructional technology (IT) in science and what software they are using to do it with. Includes examples of teachers using data logging, palmtop computers, word processing, spreadsheets, and CD-ROMs. (MKR)

Integrates different geometries and blends several topics that have important applications in both higher mathematics and other disciplines. Aims to make these topics more attractive and understandable to high school students in a way that reinforces logical thinking with visual understanding obtained through computer usage. Contains 28…

Presents an example of an introductory lesson on spreadsheets which provides a quick overview/revision of the essential elements of spreadsheeting before progressing to programmed exercises. (ASK)

A for-profit Web venture, Fathom, backed by several major universities, is changing its strategies for marketing and content, hoping to find a way to make a profit. The site will rely on member institutions to create and contribute shorter, noncredit online courses and seminars to accompany the free content, such as articles, already offered on…

Argues that middle school educators can enhance the quality of education in the classroom by obtaining grants for special projects. Discusses the grant proposal writing process, successful grant writing strategies, and ways to integrate computers into grant writing. Outlines web site resources for grant writing. (SR)

Discusses how close America's schools are to becoming paperless by converting to computing devices and up-to-the-minute software programs. Examples of how some schools have approached their own conversion to paperless, the benefits derived, and difficulties encountered are highlighted. (GR)

Links the use of Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) to an existing classification scheme for mathematical tasks called the MATH Taxonomy. Illustrates through concrete examples how the goals of teaching and learning mathematics can be set using this classification together with the CAS. (Author/MM)

Offers reviews of world-wide distance learning developments, including reports of international conferences and workshops. Focuses on the World Conference on Computers in Education held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 2001. (LRW)

Discusses the notion of variables in computer algebra, mathematics, and science. Central are the questions of how variables are actually used in mathematics and science, how computer algebra supports the various uses of variables, what conceptual differences exist, and what consequences follow from this for teaching, learning, and doing…