This supplement contains 10 articles on topics that include acceptable-use policies, NetDay, selling technology bonds, a CD-ROM starter shelf, and Internet news. (MLF)

Increasing numbers of school employees are stumbling and/or crashing and burning on the Internet superhighway. Employees should understand that their e-mail and Internet accounts are not really theirs or private, since their employer pays for access for work purposes. Storing, sending, or forwarding inappropriate messages is verboten. (MLH)

Describes several legal issues involving school board member use of electronic mail, especially violation of state open-meeting laws. Offers several tips to avoid legal pitfalls. Briefly describes Freedom on Information Act issues related to electronic communication. Provides sample policies on e-mail use. (PKP)

The theme for this supplement is "Teaching the Teachers" and contains 10 articles. Among the topics are battling resistance to technology, ways teachers can use e-mail to extend students' learning, a board member's ventures into cyberspace, and school management software. (MLF)

An online service uses a desktop computer, equipped with a modem, to obtain a variety of services in electronic form such as electronic mail, electronic bulletin boards, special interest forums, and databases. Describes the features and costs of six commercial online services and how some school board members are using them. (MLF)

This supplement offers a practical guide for wiring school classrooms for local area networks (James P. Tenbusch and Harry Vaughan); shows how a California school district built a network infrastructure from scratch (James Klein); and describes how a Utah district negotiated cheap, fast Internet access over plain old telephone wires (Mary…

Some board members may not have considered whether e-mail is subject to state statutes ensuring that public business is done publicly. E-mail has great potential for exposing a district to liability. Sample open-meeting and/or public-record laws from several states, including California, Florida, and Virginia, are discussed. (MLH)

Technology is making home schooling easier on parents as well as more interesting for students. In addition to taking classes online, home-schooled children are researching projects on the Internet and communicating with other home schoolers. (MLF)

In "Wood," a dismissed employee sued the school district, the board, and three board members for violating Washington's Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA). The Court of Appeals ruled that e-mail exchanges between board members discussing board business are "meetings" governed by OPMA. Board members should review state law with…

The theme for this quarterly supplement is "Searching for Technology Funding" and contains eight articles. Among the topics are schools as community-based Internet service providers, teaching kids how to search the Internet, a review of instructional software, technology coaches, and two board members' experiences with cyberspace. (MLF)

An effort to improve communications between school board members and the superintendent and administrators of the Katy (Texas) Independent School District has evolved into electronic board agendas and paperless board meetings. Installation of laptop computers, printers, fax machines, and dedicated phone lines in board members' homes was key. (MLH)

The Southern Oklahoma Technology Center, a vocational and technical school district, recently spearheaded an initiative to allow members to use laptops at home and during meetings to process board agenda items, receive video and multimedia presentations, and access the school's local-area network and the Internet. (MLH)

A (nonrandomized) snapshot survey solicited educators' beliefs about technology-related activities, beliefs, and needs. Technologically mature groups of teachers used e-mail at home, used Internet in classrooms, and felt technology improved their teaching. Unlike teachers, administrators believed electronic media might replace textbooks and change…