Internet Research: Volume 5 Issue 1

KIDSPHERE

Robert D. Carlitz

The KIDSPHERE mailing list is an online service which was createdto further the development of school networking. The growth of thisservice has paralleled the rapid rise in the…

Networking for K‐12 education: the federal perspective

Anu Vedantham, Laura Breeden

Explains the need for quality educational technology in our schoolsand notes the contributions of existing technology in improvingeducation. Describes the potential that…

Telementoring takes off in California: the Telemation project develops integrated curriculum

Christina S. Doyle

The Telemation project, a California grant‐funded training project,trained approximately 450 teachers through institutes conducted in thespring and fall of 1994. A central theme…

The Mankato schools Internet project

Douglas A. Johnson

The Mankato (MN) public school district has created a districtwidecomputer network which allows all its staff and students full Internetaccess. Discusses a snapshot of the…

AskERIC and the virtual library: lessons for emerging digital libraries

R. David Lankes

AskERIC was begun as a pilot project by the ERIC system of the USDepartment of Education in the fall of 1992. Since its inception, theproject has grown from a pilot study to one…

Welcome to the communication age

David D. Thornburg

The passing of the information age is announced and explained, andwe are welcomed to its successor and paradigm for the immediate future,the communication age. The vital…

KIDLINK: patterns of growth

Daniel D. Wheeler

The Kidlink project began in 1990 with the goal of creating aglobal dialogue among the ten to 15‐year‐old youths of the world. Theprimary medium for this exchange has been through…

Museums and galleries on the Internet

Janet H. Taylor, Joe Ryan

A new form of “museum” has emerged which takes advantage of theInternet′s seemingly limitless format options for electronicpresentation and ability to tailor in‐depth…