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Highlights the potential of educational telecommunications for curricular enhancement and professional development. Chapters on rationale for computer-mediated communication in the classroom, communities of practice, classroom implementation, and professional development follow a similar format, with outlines, overviews, teachers' stories, summaries, WWW search terms and pages to explore, discussion questions, and suggestions for using telecommunications projects in the classroom. Includes a glossary. For preservice and inservice teachers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.