Three years ago, Doris Ranke, a high school science teacher in Michigan, stumbled across a company that could help her use the Web as a teaching tool. Called HighWired.com, the service provided an easy-to-use template to post homework assignments, moderate discussion forums and exchange e-mail messages with students or parents. And the best part was that it was all free.

"The results were staggering," Ms. Ranke said of her Web site. "Kids who were quiet in class would spill their guts on the discussions, students would e-mail me questions about homework. My contact with kids was 24/7 if I wanted." [New York Times: Education]

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Report Says Schools Not Keeping Up With Student Web Use.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Computers may now be nearly as common as blackboards and lockers in U.S. schools but they are not meeting the needs of Internet-savvy students, according to a study released Wednesday.

Students hoping to research science projects or term papers online face a ``digital disconnect'' in the classroom as they are often stymied by restrictive access policies and content filters, the report said.

New York Times Aug 15 2002 5:47AM ET [Moreover - US education news]

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