Electronic Learning articles from April 1991

Electronic Learning archives from April 1991

Literacy and IBM. (IBM's Writing to Read and Writing to Write educational program; includes a related article on OTA examining technologies for literacy) (product announcement)
April 1, 1991... With 30 million Americans having serious problems with some facets of literacy, with some facets of literacy, it came as little surprise that the National Governors Association announced as one of its education goals that "every adult...

The hardware industry: MS-DOS makes big strides. (includes a related article on Tandy and one on Commodore Business Machines Inc )
April 1, 1991... In early 1990, the educational technology community was in a grumbling mood concerning Apple Computer Inc. When is Apple going to come up with an affordable Macintosh, educators wondered. The IIGS, Apple's then top-of-the-line K-12 computer...

The school of tomorrow - today.
April 1, 1991... The building that houses the Saturn School of Tomorrow, in downtown St. Paul, Minn., may be one of the most unique school buildings in the country. Not a single room looks like a traditional classroom. Most were designed for specific functions:...

Fast modems: 2400-bps modems can speed your computer data around the world. (includes a related article on double-duty modems) (buyers guide)
April 1, 1991... Modems allow computer users to perform the seemingly miraculous task of sending or receiving data via phone lines. Modems let you communicate with a classroom or computer friend anywhere in the world, or connect to an information service such...

Emerging Literacy: a new early learning curriculum from Learningways. (Learningways' Emerging Literacy, distributed by Jostens Learning Corp.) (evaluation)
April 1, 1991... Emerging Literacy, developed by Learningways and published by Jostens Learning Corp., is a multiple media, K-2 curriculum designed to touch every aspect of a child's early learning development. From language acquisition to the development of...

Curriculum reformers: Learningways' Henry Olds and Art Bardige. (interview)
April 1, 1991... * Since 1981, Art Bardge and Henry Olds have been designing educational software at a small company based in Cambridge, Mass., called Leamingways. Together they have produced some of the most innovative programs in schools today, including: the...

Concrete math: new software to help students understand money, time, measurement. (Scott, Foresman's Money and Time Workshop and IBM Education Systems' Exploring Measurement, Time, and Money") (evaluation)
April 1, 1991... Most elementary math teachers concur on the importance of using manipulatives as instructional tools. When faced with learning new concepts, students need to begin with concrete models and then move to abstract representations of those ...

Social simulations: real-world problems encourage critical thinking and decision making. (middle school; Macmillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing Co.'s What If? and Tom Snyder Productions Inc.'s Decisions, Decisions: The Environment.) (evaluation)
April 1, 1991... One of the challenging mandates of teaching social studies is helping students learn how to think and make intelligent decisions about their lives and the complex world they live in. Two recent software products, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill's What...

Teaching about AIDS: two videodiscs to help teach a difficult subject. (Britannica's Choices: Learning About AIDS and ABC News Interactive's Health: AIDS.) (evaluation)
April 1, 1991... Schools are compelled to examine issues in depth that only yesterday were considered taboo topics is AIDS, which is a difficult, but necessary part of today's curriculum. The classroom teacher presenting AIDS information must balance...