The transfer of information from a Web site to personal files or documents is surprisingly easy if the right techniques are used. The portability, utility, and clarity of this information, especially when the user intends to file it and use it in future applications, is assured only when the appropriate commands are followed. This paper describes…

Educators should plug into cyberspace to receive high-quality information, make connections to other people's ideas, and get answers applying to their work and personal interests. The K-12 Admin Listserv responded to a survey the author posted saying that certain features discussed here (web browser, newsgroup, e-mail, listserv, and gopher) were…

Describes the Electronic Emissary Project, an Internet-based interpersonal resource coordinated from the University of Texas at Austin, which matches students and teachers via e-mail with subject experts from around the world. Presents sample projects, and discusses challenges, the role of the online facilitator, and guidelines for implementing…

According to 2001 Current Population Survey data, more than half of all workers used a computer on the job. Use varied by occupation. The most common use was the Internet or e-mail (71.8%); 9.2% used the Internet for job searching, proportionately more younger (20-34) than older workers. (JOW)

Discusses the use of computer-based telecommunications through the Internet and commercial online services to bring immediacy and individualization to the school curriculum. Topics include integrating telecommunications into the curriculum, basic Internet tools, e-mail, the World Wide Web, and resources on the Internet for curriculum planning.…

States that with the increasing dominance of electronic journalism, the traditional role of the publications or media adviser is in need of updating. Discusses the role of the Internet and e-mail as a journalism tool. (PA)

A survey of 172 family doctors found that they approached educationally influential (EI) physicians they knew through their hospitals; only 20% used e-mail and 40% the Internet for medical information; EI physicians helped extend their knowledge and validate innovations found in the literature; and health care reform was negatively affecting…

Marcel is a prototype electronic document delivery system based on multipurpose Internet mail extensions (MIME) that was designed and tested by the University of Northern Colorado. This article discusses program implementation and testing, hardware and software requirements and availability, and the program's future. (PEN)

Reports results of a national survey of NASPA professional members on the Internet and its varied applications. Results show that while the use of e-mail has been totally embraced by student affairs administrators, the Web is used less frequently. Discusses these two media and listservs in regard to who uses the resources and how they are used in…

Focuses on the issues associated with introducing e-mail and other Internet tools into the journalism classroom. Discusses the instructor's role and shows how instructors can use the Internet in reporting, editing, and international communication courses as an effective teaching device. (SR)

Summarizes the preliminary findings from a recent study of scientists in four disciplines with regard to computer-mediated communication (CMC) use and effects. Findings from surveys of 333 scientists indicate that CMC use is central to both professional and research-related aspects of scientific work, and that this use differs by field. CMC use is…

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)

Peeping software takes several forms and can be used on a network or to monitor a certain computer. E-Mail Plus, for example, hides inside a computer and sends exact copies of incoming or outgoing e-mail anywhere. School staff with monitored computers should demand e-mail privacy. (MLH)

This article briefly describes how 20 students at Libertyville High School in Lake County, IL, are billing the new peer-counseling program they launched online in January. Students are able to e-mail questions about anything that's troubling them without revealing their identities, and their counterparts get back to them just as anonymously. The…

Older Americans, like other groups, vary in their use of the Internet. The participants for this study-elderly computer users from a Midwestern mid-size sample-used e-mail and considered it the most important Internet function. It was common for them to use e-mail with family and friends on a regular, if not daily, basis. When this group of older…