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Focuses on ways to collect mementos of a vacation making use of multi-media equipment. How sights on a vacation may be used to illustrate information given when teaching a class; Items to travel with, including a camera, tape recorder, and notebook; Uses of a video camera; Use of computer technology to animate some items; Items that can be memory aids; Collecting small artifacts.

The article presents information on a project in which groups of young novice film-makers from Israel, Palestine, Cyprus and London, England watch each others' short films about how they perceive barriers between them. After watching the films, they question each other on issues that touch the core of their senses of identity. Then, barriers are identified, discussed and argued about. It has been realized that digital video is a wonderful way to start a conversation with the other side. It also helps children from different cultures in understanding each other.

Looks into the educational system of Qalqilya, a West Bank city. Discussion of its curriculum; Number of students enrolled in various schools; Identification of the equipment used in the schools.

Reports on how British teachers are teaching about colonialism using information and communications technology (ICT). Students' creation of web pages and videos to explain their ideas in colonialism; Study of British trade in 18th-century India and China and Jane Austen's drama through video clips; List of ICT activities; Contact information.

Part II. Discusses how to edit computer-made movies for presentation in schools in Great Britain. Movement and reorganization of movie scenes and clips; Reasons why video editing is crucial in the video-making process; Views of students regarding the editing process for computer-made videos.

Reports on the project of high school students in Hackney, London, England to make two-minute videos about different aspects of genetics. Accounts of the project of the Year 10 science class of Homerton; Enhancement of research skills, idea formulation and coherence with the project.

Discusses the use of information technology (IT) in Union City, New Jersey schools. Executive director for academic programs Fred Carrigg's gamble to turn the town around; Change in teaching style; Wide array of changes in the elementary and secondary levels.

The article provides an insight into how "Hackney Black People Association," is helping to project feelings and voice of youngsters of their community. The article provides views of two youths from African-Caribbean who spoke Turkish. Both of them spend two months in making a film that focuses on barriers that existed between them. The wordless film projected violence and fear and the community's feeling on being discriminated. The film will have all locations and debates subtitled in local languages of participants.

The article discusses on the digital video editing course developed by Highwire company in Hackney, England as part of its international project called Talking About Barriers. The project involves several teams from different ethnic groups from Palestine, Cyprus, and Great Britain, who made documentary films about barriers to communication.

The article focuses on a digital video project related to education in Great Britain. Young people who study together and play together have views and ideas about each other that create barriers to study friendship and communication. A new project, "Talking About Barriers," is trying to find a way to address these issues using technology as a tool to motivate and encourage thoughtful engagement in debate and communication. Describing their cultures using digital video and responding to the films of others, within a calm and safe environment, could be tentative steps for young people in conflict situations to talk and begin to understand each other.

Focuses on role playing that was a source of motivation for Wellcome Trust genetics pilot aiming to score with science and citizenship. Role-play based on the court case centered on gene patenting; Aims of the projects called Genetics and Citizens to engage students with ethical issues about different aspect of genetics and help them develop skills to analyze complex positions; Analytic framework used as students work in groups to explore issues on genetics.

Cites ways on how to evaluate digital movies and other multimedia productions created by students. Consideration of the collaborative efforts of group members; Evaluation though a video diary; Evaluation of the production on how the group defends their work.

Focuses on the introduction of video recordings for school children in the classroom curriculum in England. Approval by the majority of the teachers and school administrators; Motivation for the students to put interest in video recording; Incorporation of video across the curriculum.

Presents a guide to rewarding curriculum work in a learning center in London, England. Importance of planning; Identification of the motivation part of the curriculum; Presentation of ideas and research; Consideration of the style and genre used for the video.

Provides guidelines on shooting digital video. Consideration on the subject matter to use; Clarity and Familiarity of information to the students; Use of appropriate genre for the video.

Focuses on the significance of using digital video to facilitate learning in Great Britain. Activities involved in the development of videos on the technical level; Importance of enhancing the communication skills of students; Impact of film projects on students.

Focuses on the use of iMovie software by students in Hackney, London, England for digital video editing. Ease of use; Benefits to students; Variation in the learning outcomes of students using the software; Motivation provided by the technology.

Evaluates Intelplay's QX3 Computer Microscope. Excitement added to pupils' pursuit of science; Design of the microscope; Curriculum applications of the microscope; Capabilities and functions of the device.

Discusses the value of multimedia presentations by children, How technology can obscure the learning; Mention of the National Education Multimedia Awards in Great Britain; Value of multi-media as a learning tool; Remembering the value of information.

Informs that learning to use sound, text, animation, and graphics for interactive presentations could enhance students' information and communications technology (ICT) skills. Goal of multimedia authoring by students; Collaboration of teachers, and the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), and the Thameslea IT group on the Thameslea/BBC Multimedia Project; Presentations done by students in secondary schools.

Presents 10 steps on how to use multimedia for classroom projects. Outline of the steps.

Describes how the Internet is changing education in the United States and Canada. Conversion of classrooms; Integration into regular teaching; Teacher training; Electronic mail; Means of communication; Publication of stories.

Focuses on Techtots, a preschool in Vancouver Island, British Columbia, that adopts a child-centered approach and uses multimedia computers and the Internet as a core component of everyday learning. Dave Allan as founder; Catering to children aged between two-and-a-half and seven.

Discusses the science and mathematics learning projects in the United States of the Boston, Massachusetts-based education research and development center TERC. Includes the Pringles Challenge in which pupils attempted to send a single crisp in the smallest package across the US; Project to build propeller-driven cars made of paper.

Describes the information technology system at the Washington Irving High School in New York City, New York. Distance-learning system; Projects that use the system; Internet projects at the school; Professional development.

Profiles Linda Roberts, technology adviser to the US Department of Education. Development of a national strategy on technology in schools; Goals; Accessibility of the Internet; Project Alphabet Highway; NetDay.

Profiles the mathematics, science and technology magnet school Montgomery Blair High School in Maryland. Specialized courses; Computer support; Use of computers to design computer games and to develop scientific ideas; Maryland Virtual High School; Teachers' establishment of Web pages.

Focuses on the project Using Animation to Help Develop Scientific Concepts launched at the Hackney Primary School in London, England. Importance of discussion among pupils that occur during the collaborative depiction of science concepts; Fostering of concentration and sharing of ideas.

Reviews the computer software The Adventures of Professor Solvadore: Air and Water.

Reports on the multimedia project for primary and secondary pupils in the Dalston borough in London, England. Creation of CD-ROM entitled Reaching for the Stars: Multimedia by pupils in Dalston Schools; Use of HyperStudio software to create a multimedia program; Integration of animal adventures, war-time stories and space exploration into the multimedia program.