I. Introduction: Three Things

1. an assertion: students are "running away" with Internet technology
   ..........item: the kid can do frames!
2. a fact: for the first time in its history, an ATDP class other than AP Biology
   ..........was the most requested, and filled up first
3. a hypothesis: the Internet is becoming THE classroom

{A digression: why i can say these things}

• I use the technology in my capacities...
  HAT1: as a program admin. (the gang)
  HAT2: as an infosystems mgr. (the warez)
  HAT3: as a researcher/student (the data)
• I teach the use of these technologies...
  HAT4: as an ATDP instructor
  HAT5: as a mentor to ATDP students
  HAT6: as a "virtual peer" (CONNECT)

II. An extremely abbreviated and general characterization of kids and

"digital culture" and why this is indeed a revolution

1. from the mid-70s to the mid-80s: videogames
2. from the mid-80s to the mid-90s: PCs
3. from the mid-90s onward... The Net

III. A far-reaching experiment at ATDP

1. The Internet Classroom, 1996
   * the diffs bet. girls and boys, 'Net edition...
   ..........monique/aaron || mayra/adam|| laura/julian
   * academic and non-academic results
   ..........-- the Vietnam papers... patrick, monique
   ..........-- the poet's website... angel
   ..........-- entrepreneurship... aaron
   ..........-- academic websites... tom
   * successes and failures

2. The Year-Round Program 96-97, Internet Edition
   * a new kind of classroom, where work=play
   * links with campus, incl. UC Berkeley career counseling svcs.
   * access to cutting-edge technologies and Berkeley's IU efforts
   

3. The Virtual ATDP
   * links to academic resources (e.g., math, natural sciences...)
   * links to mentors past and present
   * home for student websites and published work

IV. Conclusion: is the hypothesis supportable?

1. From my particular vantage point...
2. Implications... +es -es
3. Who's leading whom here?
4. Q & A