Connecting Technology
Worcester, Mass.
When 6th graders Lauren Giffee and Maria Rivera needed information for a project on Northern Ireland, they logged on to school computers for a trans-Atlantic journey through cyberspace.
Scouring some 200 Internet addresses, they came across Darius Whelan, a law professor in Tallaght, Ireland. After they exchanged e-mail introductions, Whelan sent the girls a detailed, two-page e-mail letter answering their research question, "Can there be lasting...
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