Fourteen conference papers dealing with the effects of electronic information technology on social studies education are provided. Microcomputers received most of the attention, followed by satellite telecommunications, as the conference participants examined implications for student learning styles, student knowledge and attitudes, teacher education, and the content of history and social science courses. The following papers are included: "New Technology: Servant or Master of Social Science Education?" (Roger Homan); "The New Information Technology: Critical Questions for Social Science Educators" (Mary Hepburn); "Alternative Teaching Aids or Why We Can Do without the New Technology in Social Studies and Political Education" (Willem Langeveld); "The New Technology and Social-Political Education in West Germany" (Robert Irvine Smith); "Effects of Electronic Technologies on Opinion Formation and Attitudes of Young People" (Karlheinz Rebel); "The New Technologies and Education in Europe: The Frascati Conference" (Michael Vorbeck); "Computer Applications in Hessen Schools" (Burghard Vilmar); "Analytical Criteria for Microcomputer-Based Simulation/Games" (Roger Berg); "Computer Assisted Learning in Economics, History, and Geography Curricula in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland" (Ashley Kent); "Experiences with Videotex and Expected Effects of Cable TV on Education in West Germany" (Ludwig J. Issing); "Microcomputers in the Social Studies" (James E. Davis and John D. Haas); "Computer Literacy and Social Studies Teacher Education: Needed Changes" (John D. Napier); and "Satellite Telecommunications in Education: An Overview of Related Organizations and Activities" (Paul Schneller). (RM)