With the growing needs to address the challenges that new teachers face and the popularity of social networking technology, this study explores how to increase the effectives of teaching through the use of such technology, and how the technology may serve to promote collaboration and open new resources of support in public education. In this…

This study investigated the use of the World Wide Web for instruction by fourth grade teachers. Identifies teacher characteristics, information-seeking strategies, and instructional application strategies, and reports that Web-knowledgeable teachers utilized reflexive application strategies and higher-level learning activities for teaching.…

Reviews the background and features of digital multimedia instruction, and discusses the benefits and limitations. Applications and future trends are described, and the major areas of applications--education, training, and entertainment--are identified. (Author/AEF)