Colleges of Education include both undergraduate and graduate students, both preservice and current teachers; this provides them with a unique opportunity to have both groups work together, sharing their expertise, and gaining new perspectives about the use of technology in schools. This paper describes a program where graduate education students…

The 100-school networking project began in Japan in 1993, sponsored by MITI (Ministry of International Trade and Industry and Ministry of Education). The features of this project can be summarized as follows: (1) one server computer per school; (2) supported by government organization or quasi government organization; (3) supported by local…

To improve teacher training, a model was developed to summarize and categorize teachers' levels of current and future Internet usage in teaching. This model was intended to prepare teacher educators to help inservice teachers learn to use the Internet to support their courses. Three levels are determined by how the Internet is used educationally…

This study, conducted by Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, investigated differences in preservice administrators' perceptions of electronic and paper career advancement portfolios, noting their perceptions of the potential value for career advancement of each type of portfolio. The study occurred during one semester in a leadership…

The differences between Whites and African Americans in the United States with respect to computer access, which is the current prerequisite for Internet access and World Wide Web use, were studied. The question was whether observed race differences in access and use can be accounted for by differences in income and education, how access impacts…

The use of intranets for training and disseminating information was examined through a review of the following: print periodicals; websites of the European Network for Learning with Multimedia the Access and two British newspapers; postings to the Intranet Journal discussion groups; a general Internet search; and discussions with several leading…

This paper describes a three-year project that has created on-line lessons and activities on math and aeronautics aimed at improving the education and aeronautics-related career options for children with physical disabilities. It has developed a specialized program, drawing from existing curricula, available materials and assistive technology,…

This book presents 11 chapters on technology and higher education which are primarily derived from a 1994 conference on educational technology and diversity. Papers are grouped into three sections which address: first, technology, teaching and learning; second, the law and union contracts; and, third, technophobia. The papers and their authors…

Merging to e-mail is a process which can be used to help the instructor communicate with students. Two possible ways this process can be used in education are: to update students on their grades and to conduct research. This paper first discusses reasons for using e-mail in education and then goes on to describe how to create a merge to e-mail…

Human resources and information technologies are two of the most important cornerstones in the government's development policy in Singapore. This study investigated the process by which university teachers arrived at the positive perception of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The CAI survey was distributed to 118 randomly selected (education…

Aimed at children ages 2 to 6, this software product is designed to give preschoolers an essential skills head start with sight and sounds that will capture their interest. The courseware provides two modes of play, allowing children to learn through prompted direction or through discovery. The program is bilingual, offering skill development in…

The ways male and female students communicate in computer-mediated distance education courses were examined through a comparison of the communication techniques used by 15 females and 4 males enrolled in a computer conferencing course that required students to share their thoughts regarding a weekly reading assignments and related discussion…

This paper describes the work in progress of a research team at LICEF Research Center, Tele-universite (Canada) in developing an object-oriented model of a computer-enriched high school, with the goal of bringing about a new vision of education through the use of technology. The model facilitates decision-making by offering a global and integrated…

Recently, platform independent software components, like JavaBeans, have appeared that allow writing reusable components and composing them in a visual builder tool into new applications. This paper describes the use of such models to transform an existing course into a modular construction kit consisting of components of teaching text and program…

The objective of this study was to gather information about and assess the accessibility, use, and perceived needs toward computing technologies of elementary, middle school and high school science teachers in two large rural school districts. A questionnaire of over 500 items, Survey of Usages of Computing Technologies in Science and Mathematics…