The Arachnet Electronic Journal on Virtual Culture __________________________________________________________________ ISSN 1068-5723 November 30, 1993 Volume 1 Issue 7 EJVCV1N7 CONTENTS This entire issue is available as EJVCV1N7 PACKAGE Table of Contents _______________________ Special Issue: Using Qualitative Research to Understand The Nature of Virtual Culture in Education Guest Editor: Gary Shank, Northern Illinois University Introduction by Gary Shank (available as V1N7 SHANK, 166 lines) =============== The Application of Technologies to Student Teaching by William E. Blanton Max S. Thompson Sara O. Zimmerman (Available as BLANTON V1N7, 1,610 lines) Abstract This article describes a study conducted at Appalachian State University where a virtual community of student teachers and university supervising professors was created in order to facilitate the student teaching experience. Historical-cultural activity theory was used as the foundation for the construction of meaning by these participants. The impact of this virtual experience on strategies, interactions with cooperating teachers, morale, and reflection is discussed. The Behavior Settings of Network Literacy: A Framework for Generalization from Anecdotal Evidence in Qualitative Research about Computer- Mediated Communication? By Tony Scott - The Ohio State University (Available as SCOTT V1N7, 1,390 lines) Abstract Much of the qualitative research into computer-mediated communication systems attempts to adduce evidence from a single or limited number of case studies. In so far as many such studies also draw on environmental analogies to describe human behavior in virtual cultures (the "virtual classroom", the "global village", the multi-user "dungeon"), research on actual environment-behavior systems may be appropriable. The approach to looking at environment-behavior systems as "behavior settings," The Growth of a Multimedia School Culture: A Multi-Voiced Narrative By Ricki Goldman-Seagall - University of British Columbia Ted Riecken - University of Victoria Amber Adams Kelli Dianne Taaffe John Isles Wendy Van Osterhous (Available as GOLDMAN V1N7, 843 lines) Abstract Imagine, if you will, that you are entering into a conceptual galaxy with groupings of constellations within your reach. Each constellation contains digital images, text, or sound authored by various members of our community. You may want to visit one of these constellations to find out more about the growth of a technology-rich culture at the Bayside Middle School on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Our story is not laid out as a linear exposition; instead, it can be read according to the interest of the reader. Authors of diverse ages- students, teachers, and researchers working collaboratively- have added their views for you, the reader. We welcome you to the Hayseed's public debut told in an experimental format that will demonstrate the potential of these electronic media. We look forward to the day when we will be able to include the complete video portraits and case studies that we are composing. Virtual Play: Baudrillard Online By Alan Aycock (Available as AYCOCK V1N7, 721 lines) Abstract Although the value of Baudrillard's notion of a radical form of play, the cultural force of images without clear reference to the "real" world, has been debated for many years, few scholars of play have considered its implications for their own study. This neglect is regrettable, if only because the trope of "play" is so central to Baudrillards own work, as well as that of many modern writers. Play, in some sense, seems central to the modern experience. A case in point is Internet, the developing international network of computing linkages. An empirical instance of computer-mediated discourses which establish cultures online is adduced to show how it instantiates and extends the idea of play beyond virtuality to everyday lived experience. Some conclusions are drawn which point to further research along these lines. The VIRTUAL SQUARE ================== edited by James Shimabukuro (jamess@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu) The Virtual Square is devoted to non-refereed opinion columns and essays. PARTICIPATION '90 -- THE END OF THE PASSIVE AUDIENCE: Reetion Politics By Lynda Williams, Virtual Square Columnist (Available as SQARV1N7 Williams, 247 lines) The CYBERSPACE MONITOR ====================== edited by Algirdas Pakstas (Algirdas.Pakstas@idt.unit.no) (available as EJVCV1N7 MONITOR, 2,362 lines) ///////////////////// / TABLE OF CONTENTS / ///////////////////// SPECIAL INTERNET CONNECTIONS Scott Yanoff INTERNET-CMC John A. 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