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Caudell, Lee Sherman, Ed. – Northwest Report, 1994
This special report's feature article, "The Global Classroom," focuses on the ways the Internet makes the global classroom possible by allowing children to communicate with others around the world. To facilitate use of the Internet, the Northwest Regional Laboratory (NWREL) has plugged into the network and will be offering guidance for…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Finance
Brett, Catherine A. – 1993
As part of a restructuring initiative to meet the curriculum needs of the "Information Age," a plan for teaching telecommunications to middle school students was developed. The resulting program, called Bulletin Board Simulator (BBS), provided a hands-on approach to teaching students the skills necessary for accessing an electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development, Databases
Moffett, David – 2001
This paper describes how the Internet was used in one preservice teacher education program to enhance field experiences and student teaching. It examines how the professor helped cohorts of field students and student teachers to continue their rich discussions beyond seminars (via online discussions and message boards); how he was able to use…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Hutinger, Patricia; Clark, Letha; Johanson, Joyce – 2001
This final report discusses the outcomes of a 2-year project designed to provide an innovative tool process and a state-of-the-art instructional environment for children from 3 through 8 years of age with a wide range of disabilities across ages, classrooms, and locations as they constructed their own communities and participated in building a…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Mediated Communication, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Gonglewski, Margaret; Meloni, Christine; Brant, Jocelyne – 2001
This article aims to provide an overview of the various uses for e-mail in foreign language learning. It describes the advantages that have been referred to in the literature about the use of e-mail in foreign language learning contexts and provides an overview of the different types of contexts and possibilities for communicative interaction…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Electronic Mail
Fletcher, Mick – 2001
The distinctions between types of open and distance learning broadly equate to the concept of learning at a time, place, and pace that best suits the learner. Distance learning refers to geography, whereas open learning refers to time. Flexible learning is a generic term referring either to geography or time. Combining these distinctions allows…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Uses in Education, Definitions, Delivery Systems
Schoorman, Dilys; Camarillo, Barbara – 2000
This paper describes an e-mail-based correspondence project between 56 pairs of university-school partners: pre-service teachers enrolled in a multicultural education course, and middle school students enrolled in language arts classes in a culturally diverse, economically depressed community. The purpose of the critical action research project…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Mediated Communication, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Awareness
Madjidi, Farzin; Hughes, H. Woodrow; Johnson, Ruth N.; Cary, Kim – 1999
Focusing on online learning opportunities in higher education, this paper reviews the various tools of virtual learning and electronic synchronous and asynchronous communication, discusses their strengths and weaknesses, presents strategies for their best use, and warns against potential pitfalls. Implementation issues, including cost and training…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Distance Education
Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale. – 1999
This report presents the findings from a personal computer (PC) and Internet Survey administered to Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) students in spring 1999. The survey measured students' access to and knowledge of personal computers, e-mail, and the Internet--both at home and at work. There was a 65% response rate, with 353 of 540…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Community Colleges, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Martin, Merle; Taylor, Stanley A. – Educational Technology, 1997
Discusses how to counter problems in coupling technical/technological courses with distance learning. Presents a model which incorporates up to nine different technologies (television; student response units; voice mail; electronic mail; fax; CD-ROM; Internet; videotape; and computer) and addresses administrative solutions for delivering such a…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education
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Johnson, Denise – Journal of Computing in Childhood Education, 1996
Describes a project conducted in a reading methods course for preservice elementary education students to model how technology can be incorporated into the curriculum to facilitate learning as well as provide hands-on experiences with computer applications. The project involved corresponding with third-graders by means of electronic mail. (SD)
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Technology
Anderson, Mary Alice – Book Report, 1998
Provides a synopsis of classes developed by the Winona (Minnesota) Middle School media center to provide staff with current Internet skills. Includes navigation techniques using browsers; e-mail; search engines; selecting and evaluating Web sites; Internet ethics and Netiquette; critical evaluation of Web sources; graphics; interactive video…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Course Content, Electronic Mail, Ethics
Johnson, Doug – Book Report, 1999
Discusses the need for formal training in Internet use for K-12 educators and presents rubrics to help staff-development designers measure the following competencies: Internet basics; e-mail/electronic mailing lists; World Wide Web; search tools; newsgroups, gophers, telnet; obtaining, decompressing, using files; real-time/push technologies;…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Faculty Development
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Fidelman, Carolyn G. – CALICO Journal, 1998
Presents results of a survey showing increased use of the Internet by language professionals (e.g., language teachers, translators, interpreters). Results of the survey show a qualitative improvement in the Internet for information retrieval, teaching, and idea exchange. If K-12 foreign-language teachers receive appropriate equipment and training,…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Discussion Groups, Educational Finance
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Nitschke, Marie Morris – Georgia Librarian, 1995
Examines the types of computerized resources and services available for research in American history, finding that electronic mail, discussion lists, and library catalogs are most frequently utilized. Internet documents are used cautiously due to unreliable locations and authenticity. In the future, historians will want electronic journals and…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Mail, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society)
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