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Telecomputing means using a computer that is connected to the Internet or an online service. Examples of how some students use this technology are presented. Illinois high school students design their own science experiments. At a middle school in New Jersey, home and school links and small group collaborative learning are enhanced through telecomputing. In Texas, a chemist helps students discover the causes of poor quality air in their middle school. Foreign language students Pennsylvania write messages in Spanish, French, and German for students in other countries. Blind students in Florida explore information resources and communicate with others in the community through a local bulletin board. Maryland students at a technical high school use the Sailor network to access statistics from the U.S. Department of Commerce to create career plans. Each project description includes contact information. The document also contains directions to the U.S. Department of Education Online Library. (SLD)

1Boy Crusoe

By Allan Eric

Also published as" A Yankee Crusoe" . A 15 year old hard working and studious farm boy finds the lure of adventure on the seas as a merchant seaman more than he can resist. This is his story. " I was born in a little town in the State of Maine, near the close of the Civil War. My boyhood life did not differ materially from that of the average farmer's son in the remote country districts of New England--except, perhaps, that I read more and thought more. Hard work on the rugged soil, two terms each year in the little yellow country schoolhouse, a day's fishing now and then filled the early years of my life full to over-flowing. " What he gets is enough excitement and adventure to overflow his wildest dreams. How he experiences disaster and uses his wits and knowledge to overcome every problem makes for a great read. - Summary by Phil Chenevert