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Windows On The Future

ITEC-Ohio (Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center of Ohio) and OARnet are sponsoring Windows On The Future which provides a forum in which academic institutions, research centers, corporate laboratories and government agencies can share knowledge, exchange ideas, and form networking relationships that will collectively benefit Ohio´s higher education and industrial communities. This conference will focus on technology […]

Hi-tech help for special needs

Voice-recognition software and devices controlled by eye and mouth movements are to be developed for use by special needs pupils.

Pathlore Sets 2001 Date for Largest e-Learning User Conference

Companies Catalyzing the e-Learning Business Movement to Amass At New Orleans’ Fairmont Hotel Oct. 21-24

“Create a Graph”

The extremely popular “Create a Graph” application found at the NCES Students’ Classroom has added to its possibilities. You can now create the following graphs at that site: line, area, bar, horizontal bar and pie chart. Feel free to give it a try, or maybe you know a student who might like to use it. […]

Table of Contents: WebNet Journal, JANUARY – MARCH 2001

This web site features article abstracts, selected columns, and book reviews from the printed version

Michigan Dept. of Ed Approves Software-Based Program for Student Assessment

SuccessMaker(R) Allows School Districts to Meet Mandated Requirements For Performance Assessment in Grades 1-5

Using the Internet Responsibly for Market Research

University Park, Pa. — Consumers can look forward to kinder, gentler market survey techniques — and fewer of those annoying phone calls during dinner — if market researchers take heed to a Penn State researchers recent findings about ways to use the Internet. Dr. Frank E. Ritter, associate professor of information science and technology, says, […]

Cuba cautiously enters world of Internet

HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) — At a computer room in Havana University’s foreign languages department, students wait patiently for slots they booked in advance to use one of six machines connected to the Internet.

Christopher Lydon Presents Freelancers and Digital Rights

A discussion of this week’s case before the Supreme Court that pits freelance journalists against big media on the issue of digital rights was webcast live on March 27. The discussion featured Laurence Tribe, who argues for the publishers before the Supreme Court in oral arguments today, Kenneth Starr, who also represents the publishers, Jonathan […]

Taking schools to cyberspace

Internet-based instruction will help them keep up with the times, educators say. Two in Pa. are already open.