Electronic Learning articles from February 1992

Electronic Learning archives from February 1992

Technology: a catalyst for restructuring schools. (former U.S. Secretary of Education Terrel Bell boosts computer technology as platform for improving American schools) (Guest Editorial) (Editorial)
February 1, 1992... A technological revolution is transforming and restructuring virtually all aspects of American society--except its schools. American education is still wobbling down Electronic Avenue in an oxcart. Children today live in a world of visual...

Educating your school board: five strategies to help your board of education be informed technology decision-makers. (Administrators)
February 1, 1992... Board of education members often tell us that their main motivation for serving on the board is to make policy decisions on curriculum and learning issues. However, ask veteran board members what they spend the bulk of their meetings...

Computers and cooperative learning: achievement goes up and anxiety goes down when students do math together at the computer. (Research)
February 1, 1992... Although scoffed at by some traditionalists, cooperative and collaborative learning continue to produce improvements in learning. While most research on cooperative learning has focused on elementary age students, a recent study was done with...

Decisions, decisions: what computers should you buy? (profiles of three school districts and their hardware selection process and the results)(includes related articles comparing the Intel 80286-based versus 80386-based microcomputers, increase of purchasing power in the last ten years, IBM's K-12 reorganization, varieties of Apple Macintosh computers and the Microsoft Windows graphical user interface)
February 1, 1992... "After analyzing where the computer hardware industry is right now, one of my counterparts in a neighboring district said that now is one of the best times he can remember for sitting on your hands. There is so much turmoil, the industry and...

Underwriting change: an innovative program in Mississippi pays for teachers to travel to other schools to find new models for change. (Restructuring)
February 1, 1992... "Past education reform has failed to a large extent," says Michael Walters, superintendent of Tupelo School District, "because reformers have failed to recognize the power and influence of teachers." Not so in Tupelo. This Mississippi...

Two new videodisc "players" in education. (Panasonic's Level 1 LX-120 and Sony Corp.'s Level III MDP-1100)(includes related articles on Pioneer's Level III LD-V4400, available for $1,295, and profiles of the 'Videodisc Compendium' and the 'Communism and the Cold War' videodisc) (Buyer's Guide) (Product Announcement)
February 1, 1992... Pioneer has been the dominant videodisc manufacturer in education for almost 10 years. Part of their success lies in the partnership they've established with videodisc publishers like Optical Data Corp. (ODC) who've helped them sell their...

Videos that help students 'talk math.' (Tom Snyder Productions' 'The Wonderful Adventures of Fizz and Martina' and Human Relations Media's 'Detective Stories for Math Problem Solving') (Software Review) (Video Review) (Evaluation)
February 1, 1992... "The real issue with trying out the NCTM criteria," says fourth grade teacher Beverly Chayet, "is that there aren't many materials that provide the structure and support to help teachers apply these standards." That's what Chayet, who...

Schools as community developers. (Digressions)
February 1, 1992... Historically, education has been in the business of transferring American culture -- that is, teaching citizenship. And we've been good at this business, especially when American culture was not changing as fast as it is today and the nuclear...