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"** Invited as a paper from ED-MEDIA 2004 **" HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study designed to examine home Internet use by low-income families in the United States. Participants were 140 children, mostly African American, whose Internet use was ...

The HomeNetToo project is designed to address two fundamental questions: What causes people to use the Internet? What effect does Internet use have on people? A model of Internet use is proposed that addresses these questions by considering...

This paper reports on a two-year study of the development and implementation of an electronic proposal processing system into a large professional organization. The paper takes a fresh perspective on the relationship between technological innova...

The creation of technology rich learning environments is a common goal of today's educational institutions. For this goal to be realized, it is generally assumed that teachers and/or administrators need to be competent in using technology in...

There is an ironic and costly contradiction in the attempt to integrate technology into education. While evidence of the educational benefits of technology abounds and investment in hardware and software has dramatically increased, rela-tively few...

HomeNetToo is a longitudinal research project funded by the National Science Foundation to examine the antecedents and consequences of home Internet use among low-income families in the United States. Participants in the project are African...

HomeNetToo is a longitudinal field study to examine the antecedents and consequences of Internet use by low-income families in the United States. Participants included 140 children, mostly African American, whose Internet use was automatically...

The Web has caught the attention of many educators as an efficient communication medium and content delivery system. But we feel there is another aspect of the Web that has not been given the attention it deserves. We call this aspect of the Web its ...

This session will demonstrate the main features and potential uses of IVAN interactive video software and invite audience feedback and discussion. The INTERACTIVE VIDEO ACCESS NEIGHBORHOOD is a community of educators based in the College of...

This study evaluates the impact of one-to-one computing on student learning and school culture. Based on data collected from pre-test and post-test surveys on students, surveys on parents, and interviews of teachers and students, results reveal how...

There is an increasing demand for addressing controversial issues in curriculum, such as social justice and values. Getting students to express their honest opinions, however, remains a challenge in teaching such topics (Trosset, 1998). Studies have ...

Research on technology adoption tends to focus on factors such as technology access, technology proficiency, and attitudes towards technology. Social factors in a learner’s network, such as social access and social desire, although have been found...

Technology has shown great potentials in facilitate L2 learning since it can provide three critical conditions in L2 learning, i.e., language input, opportunities for language uses, and feedback. In theory, with today’s technology, anyone can learn...

Abstract: This research examined whether children’s perceptions of their parents’ behavior are related to their computer use, Internet use, videogame playing and cell phone use. The sample consisted of 515 children in Michigan, USA, who were about...