This compilation of articles represents some of the articles from volume 26 of L&L that we wanted to make sure you didn’t miss. They cover a broad range of subjects and grade levels, and they have a solid foundation in the classroom and the theory. Enjoy!

Curriculum-Based Telecollaboration:
Using Activity Structures to Design Student Projects
   by Judi Harris
September 1998 (no. 1)
Judi describes 18 activity structures that you can use to design your K–12 students’ projects in this feature article. She also points to some projects online that fit her activity structures.

Presentation Software and the Single Computer:
How Kid Pix Can Serve the Needs of an Entire Classroom
   by Cindy A. Brown
October 1998 (no. 2)
Given the general sophistication of the computers and software available to the average classroom teacher, supplementing a curriculum has probably never been easier. Many teachers, however, either shrink completely from using computers or let the software dictate what and how they teach. In this One-Computer Classroom article, Cindy shows how a single multimedia-capable computer and one simple program can aid but not dominate primary classroom instruction.

The Data They Are A-Changin’
Using Real-Time Earth and Space Science Data in the Classroom
   by Tim Slater
October 1998 (no. 2)
Changes are integral processes of science and can be measured to produce information for a wide variety of investigations. This science article shows how students in Grades 5 through 12 can use the World Wide Web to gather real data and analyze it to understand and describe the changes that are of interest to earth and space scientists.

Fat Crayon Multimedia Toolbox
   by Marybeth Kampman
December/January 1998–1999 (no. 4)
The author of Fat Crayon Multimedia Using Kid Pix shares some of her ideas for using Kid Pix (or similar programs) with students in kindergarten through third grade.

Student-Reviewed Software:
Helping Middle-School Students Identify Their Own Needs
   by Rose Reissman
February 1999 (no. 5)
Critical-thinking skills can serve students far longer than they’re in your classroom. Being an informed consumer, for example, means being able to assess the value of a particular product and how it might enhance one’s life. In this article, Rose Reissman describes how she got her students to assess something sight unseen and how that helps them learn to think critically.

Collaborative Education
   by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, Walter Heinecke, Rhea Walker, Laura Blasi, and Jerry Willis
February 1999 (no. 5)
Until recently, the costs of staffing distance-education classrooms, combined with high connection costs through satellite uplinks and high-capacity landlines, have been prohibitive, limiting distance education to less than ideal but affordable systems. The Internet and Web now support an array of potentially inexpensive collaborative technologies. Glen and his colleagues describe them in this Mining the Internet column.

Blowin’ Hot and Cold About My Data
   by Bob Albrecht
February 1999 (no. 5)
Both the NCTM and NSTA standards call for students to acquire, graph, analyze, model, and write about real-world data. In this Power Tools for Math & Science article, Bob Albrecht and George Firedrake describe projects that help students in Grades 5 through 12 do all of these things.

The Virtual Trip
   by Noel Bitner, Elizabeth Wadlington,
   Sue Austin, Elizabeth Partridge, and Joe Bitner
March 1999 (no. 6)
As Apple Computer's Steve Jobs pointed out a decade ago, the journey itself is the reward. This well summarizes the value of project-based learning, the underlying subject matter in this feature article. Students working with Noel Bitner and her coauthors used Internet resources to plan a trip and defend their choices. This project is designed for students in Grades 6 and up.

The Student WebQuest:
A Productive and Thought-Provoking Use of the Internet
   by Maureen Brown Yoder
April 1999 (no. 7)
K–12 teachers and administrators who are using the Internet in a safe and productive way with students have probably heard at least a little about WebQuests. In this feature article, Maureen Yoder details the history and development of WebQuests and how to make the best use of them.

Making It Work: Using Technology in a
Classroom for Young Children with Multiple Disabilities
   by Barbara Pratt
May 1999 (no. 8)
Technology can do wonders for students with special needs. In this Special Needs article, Barbara Pratt describes how technology has improved her PK–2 students’ development and her own teaching and time management.

Assessing Current Technology Use in the Classroom:
A Key to Efficient Staff Development and Technology Planning
   by Christopher Moersch
May 1999 (no. 8)
This For Tech Leaders column contains a case study in which the author describes how he used the Levels of Technology Implementation questionnaire to assess the technology use and needs of a group of teachers.