Recruiting professionals for schools' media resources centres needs to take into account the new dimensions of the information society. This article describes the radical reform of the very high-stakes and competitive national selection of those professionals in France. The new exam is now driven by a problem-solving approach and based on an…

Discusses and compares the use of information and communication technology in K-12 schools in France and in the United States. Topics include students to computers ratio; schools having Internet connections; teacher's use of electronic and other resources; constructivism; and benefits of technology integration. (LRW)

Examines the current state of information and communications technology in France, and describes Savoirs College, a global initiative that integrates television, the Web, and CD-ROM to offer secondary school teachers educational resources, products, and services that will help them integrate technology into the curriculum. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of new educational media focuses on the choices teachers make in using new educational technology. Discusses integrating technology into the classroom, practical applications, the role of teachers, digitization, and future possibilities. (LRW)

Discusses the educational technologies of today and of the future based on experiences at the Centre National de Documentation Pedagogique (Paris). Educational Project Management, a global approach to facilitating teachers' work by helping them integrate new technologies is described; and the importance of coordinating the contributions of…