In spite of all the hype about the Internet and the ways networks are changing the face of education, there is surprisingly little information of pragmatic value to teachers. This book addresses that problem head on.
Preface vii Dixie Goswami Tharon Howard Acknowledgments xiii I NEW TOOLS FOR THE CLASSROOM: AN INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKED LEARNING Getting Started in a Networked Writing Classroom: Projects and Resources 1(21) Susan Hilligoss A Brief, Selective, and Idiosyncratic History of Computers 22(29) John F. Barber The World Wide Web: Driving on the Information Superhighway in the Classroom 51(17) Donna Ashmus Hypermedia and the Future of Networked Composition: Inter/Disciplining Our ``Selves 68(26) Tharon Howard Jane Perkins II STUDENTS AT WORK: USING THE TOOLS TO CREATE COMMUNITY Webbing the Universe of Science Fiction 94(18) Elisa Kay Sparks Beet Farmers, Bombs from Baghdad, and the Northern Lights: Crossing Cultures, Sharing Stories 112(21) Anna Citrino Brian Gentry Our Way or the Highway? Perceptions of Self and Other on the Electronic Frontier 133(18) Tom McKenna with Robert Baroz Reflective Voices: Constructing Meaning in the USjApanLINK Project 151(9) Kurt Caswell Douglas E. Wood Using Computer Conferencing to Extend the Bounds of the Writing Curriculum: Or, How I Quit the Symphony and Joined a Jazz Band 160(21) Claire Bateman Chris Benson III CROSSING BOUNDARIES: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY Walking in Many Worlds 181(5) Lucy Maddox Rural Teachers and Students: Connecting and Communicating 186(7) Rocky Gooch A School at the Crossroads of the Ancient and the Contemporary 193(12) Philip Sittnick Reflections on Cross-Age Collaboration: Networking College and High School Students 205(20) Wayne M. Butler Making Technology Count: Incentives, Rewards, and Evaluations 225(15) Rebecca J. Rickly Contributors 240
