Discusses "open source": a method of distributing software in which programmers make available to all the actual text of their programs. Notes that this makes possible "open-source" writing in the same way that the printing press made possible "open-source" reading, enabling mass literacy. Examines implications of open source for how people…

Discusses why it is important to think critically about web searching; how the size of the web affects searching; how the quality of material on the web affects searching; some good approaches to searching effectively; and how searching can become truly productive inquiring. Notes various data on the size of the web. (SR)

Explores the question of how technology relates to educational reform. Discusses a number of unanticipated effects of new technologies, ways in which they do both more and less than hoped. Describes a Web page that address the social implications of the Internet, offers three quotes regarding how technologies affect people, and presents a glossary…

Explores some reasons why information and communication technologies are difficult to evaluate. Discusses 10 reasons why information technologies require new evaluation approaches. Discusses two ways to look at any educational innovation: in terms of its uniform impact and its unique uses. Notes inequities in access to technology. (SR)

Notes that, in response to remark that one can find anything on the Web, a student said, "You can't find my grandmother in Kenya!" Describes resulting Web search, and discusses important lessons from what they found. Concludes the Web is far from worldwide. Includes brief information on particular database located at United Nations site; Literacy…

Offers a small compendium of examples of the diversity and richness of adolescent life as portrayed through personal Web pages. (RS)

Takes a fanciful journey into the digital library imagined by Jorge Luis Borges, and uses it as a metaphor to examine what sort of library the World Wide Web is. Examines how digital libraries are growing and what they mean for literacy education. Includes a description of a particular Web page, and a glossary. (SR)

Intends to increase dialog about new communication and information technologies and explore what these media mean for literacy and literacy educators. Discusses whether the information age will transform literacy, and offers brief "boxes" containing data (regarding a literacy/technology topic), interpretations (quotes), a literacy Web page of the…

Notes that along with adding new technologies for literacy, and changing the ways in which older technologies are used, users also create literacies that are hybrids of existing practices. Lists electronic journals concerned with adolescent and adult literacy and includes a nine-item glossary. (RS)

Considers the role that new information and communication technologies may play. Calls for a reexamination of foundational ideas in education. Discusses technology and John Dewey's conception of learning. Lists some centers based in the United States concerned with technologies for learning resources. (RS)