The Canandaigua City (New York) School District successfully incorporated educational technology into a capital project, thanks to efficient planning. Planners should build a team, shape a vision, work backwards toward specifics, keep the plan flexible, put off hardware decisions, choose the best software, invest in training and support, and…

Paper clarifies some important cultural mediating characteristics of technology and examines the more salient reasons why educational leaders should be wary of using the Information Age as the justification for promoting wider educational use of computers. The discussion focuses on the problematic cultural myth that technology is culturally…

Technology is no "silver bullet" for transforming education. Observations in nine technology-using schools suggest that for technology to serve reform purposes, it must be tied to a coherent, schoolwide instructional agenda. Reform-minded schools should articulate their mission and restructure activities around student needs and…

Discusses the use of computer networks by environmentalists and others pursuing progressive agendas. Describes how the Internet can facilitate community action and involvement with environmental issues, despite rising commercial content. Lists six Internet resources. (LZ)

At a Kansas City (Missouri) elementary school, teachers expect students to spend half their learning time on a computer. The racially mixed school has one computer for every two students, two computer labs, and work stations from which teachers can monitor students' progress and generate lessons using software like "Icon Arthur" and…

Outlines the approaches to "computer composition" and questions the efficacy of such models. Argues that in order to come to terms with the great revolutionary "beyond" posited by some theorists, the computer must be first of all conceptualized as transformative. (HB)

Describes a teacher's discovery of the possibilities for using the electronic mail and the Internet in his eighth-grade language arts classroom. Shows how he makes connections with other educators across the globe and outlines some of the ways in which the Internet is organized. Offers justification for student use of the Internet as an…

Describes some of the Shakespeare software available to educators. Explains some of its applications in the secondary school language arts classroom. Shows how Shakespeare texts on disc allow students to cut sections of the play to enhance their own performances (for example, a 20-minute version of "Much Ado About Nothing") and how…

Reports on a study in which computer-mediated communication (CMC) messages obtained from two public access, educationally oriented electronic bulletin boards (BBSs) were categorized according to board type and intent and analyzed for structure, length, complexity, and readability. The potential for CMC in the educational environment is considered.…

Since the 1960s, difficulty of developing a technology of instruction in public schools has proved insurmountable; results have been spotty, machines have come and gone, and classroom practices remain largely unchanged. Public clamor for reform has provided neither direction nor purpose. Technology will ultimately prevail; the problem is educating…

Argues that telecommunications is bringing the world into the classroom with an immediacy that compels students' attention and engagement. Discusses a variety of telecommunication-based programs and networks operating in schools and classrooms. (RS)

Notes the increasing use of computers by professional translators. Argues that instruction in translation systems should prepare students for both the receiving and production ends of machine translation systems. Discusses considerations for the design of computer translation studies. Includes a course outline from a computer translation seminar.…

Describes how a first-grade class learned the geometric concept of symmetry by reading, writing, measuring, and creating their own set of animal horns and antlers. The integrated approach covers math, science, social studies, and health concepts as well as language arts. (HTH)

Describes a course for science education majors that explores the uses of computer-interfaced experiments in a variety of interesting activities. Several examples of biology experiments are given. (ZWH)

Provides descriptions of 23 computer software programs related to day care management. Each entry contains the title of the software package, a short company-provided description of its major features, and the company's address and telephone number. (MDM)