Learning Online As web-based curriculum grows, are textbooks obsolete? By Mary Axelson and Lawrence Hardy Pam Zuege's ninth-graders tracked Hurricane Mitch as it swept across Central America. They've also seen the effects of volcanoes, followed thunderstorms, and watched as scientists charted seismic tremors from Japan to California.

Future-Proof Network How one district wired its classrooms for data, telephone, and video -- with a single network. By Steve Bosak It's the TOPS Top-notch scientists train teachers in math and science. By Bill Robertson Virtual Report Cards Why not 'just-in-time' reports to parents? By Edward J. Reid

E-Wire Technology helps student achievement, study says ... Teacher education gets low grade on technology ... Highest E-Rate award goes to Georgia ... Whiz kids top professional game developers ... and more. School Board of Tomorrow KIDS AT WORK The pros and cons of using students as technology workers. By Kathleen Vail Power User THE FIRST TWO R's Software for the language arts. By Russell Smith Gear ImagiLab: Analyze this. CyberGlove: Talking hands. Tracker 2000: Follow the dot. New on the Net Building virtual classrooms ... Great expectations ... Eureka! Eureka!