Discusses how to make a college library the center of campus activity, explaining how to find the proper balance of technology and tradition (e.g., harnessing new media to teach critical thinking skills, having library staff assume primary responsibility for providing information literacy training, training students to use print as well as…

Describes the different ways in which two pioneering Australian teachers adapted their teaching to use computer algebra systems (CAS). One teacher used CAS with the primary goal of increasing understanding but restricted student use. The other teacher adopted CAS as an extra technique for solving standard problems, emphasizing time saving routines…

Draws on previously published cases of six secondary school mathematics teachers as they began to use computer algebra systems (CAS) in their classrooms. Urges movement towards a model of effective teaching with CAS that allows for the various manifestations and degrees of success encountered in the literature. (Author/MM)

Presents an integrated exposition of aspects of secondary school mathematics and a medical science specialty. Reviews clinical medical practice and theoretical and empirical literature in mathematics education and radiology to develop and pilot model integrative classroom topics and activities. Suggests mathematical applications in numeration and…

Presents attributes of different types of software including Logo, geometric packages, graphical packages, and spreadsheets, each of which offers different opportunities for learning. Investigates the different ways in which the software allows for performing the given task so as to make the mathematics of the task explicit to users. (KHR)

Focuses on the use of the Internet to deliver resources directly to the secondary school teacher that can be used in the teaching of geometry and which requires a minimum of learning on the teacher's part. Considers the credibility, richness, and value of such resources. (MM)

Argues educators should embrace the Internet, computers, and films and find ways to promote critical thinking while using this new technology. Concludes that by utilizing new technology to find ways to excite students about learning, educators can avoid the pitfalls of repeatedly using outdated modes and models of teaching. Notes Joyce Carol Oates…

Describes the outcome of an innovative mentoring program that paired technology faculty and methods faculty in order to form partnerships to facilitate the modeling of technology for preservice teachers. Discusses the creation of useful applications for enhancing poetry writing through technology for elementary school students. (SG)

Examines how advances in technology allow teachers to reconsider how students should and could be taught to become literate citizens. Believes that Language Arts educators play an important role in educating students in today's literacies. Addresses telecollaborative projects, interpersonal exchange, information collection and analysis, problem…

Provides perspectives of an eighth grade teacher and her students on the use and perceived benefits of laptops. Describes how the laptops have changed the class. Presents the students' views of how technology has affected their learning in English class, as well as in content areas. (PM)

Describes how the author puts people in place to deal with the technology in order to allow teachers to focus on the content and the instruction. Notes how Weblogs allow anyone to publish on the Internet. Describes a variety of uses for Weblogs in the classroom. (SG)

Discusses why and how the "information railroad" will cause major changes not only in the execution of the mission of colleges and universities--in the ways that higher education is manufactured, distributed, and delivered--but also in the perception of the mission itself. (EV)

Explores the implications and possibilities for colleges and universities as higher education goes "beyond bandwidth"--beyond the computing speed, innovative applications, and technological capabilities deployed globally today. (EV)

This review of a mid-1980s article on the "New Computing" reflects on those information technology (IT) planning and instructional questions that continue to confront campuses today, on how these issues have evolved, and on the additional IT challenges that have emerged over the years. (EV)

Developed and provided initial validation of scores from a survey designed to measure teachers' reported use of technology in their classrooms. Interprets results from a sample of 2000 teachers in terms of the ability of the instrument to measure the confluence of factors that are critical for study of technology use in classrooms. (SLD)