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This study utilized an Internet "Class Page" to evaluate interaction strategies in both traditional classroom settings and distance education settings where instruction was delivered via television and the Internet. Participants were primarily elementary school teachers who were enrolled in one of 11 graduate classes in Elementary School Curriculum taught during a 4-year period from 1997-2000. The participants completed survey instruments to ascertain: their participation on the "Class Page," their interactions with other students, and their attitudes toward the use of technology in the university setting. Data analyses indicate interesting responses spanning the 4 years. For example, examination of the data point to increased classroom teacher familiarity with computer usage over a 4-year time span, increased familiarity with the Internet, and higher skill levels of instructional technology applications in the classroom setting. Also, a higher degree of personal satisfaction in using classroom technology was consistent among the students. However, participant perceptions in distance education settings were consistently less positive than on-site face-to-face class perceptions regarding the value of the interactive instructional technologies utilized during this time. (Contains 11 references.) (Author/MES)

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