ABSTRACT
There are three case studies described in the chapter. The first is a project carried out in east London, with primary schools using portable (palmtop) computers as well as standard PCs with CD-ROM drives. The second study is of some second language work carried out in German schools where English was being taught through electronic mail links with English and American children. Many of the lessons learned in this have application in the teaching of English to British children, when communication through the internet is one of the teaching and learning methods. Finally, there is a set of ideas about how to use email texts creatively in a classroom. This case study arose from a project which collected and distributed stories written by children around the world.
