Electronic Learning articles from February 1994

Electronic Learning archives from February 1994

Cable companies test Internet, school/home connections.
February 1, 1994... In a number of simultaneous trials around the country, several large cable companies, sometimes in partnership with other technology vendors, are offering online educational services ranging from after-school lessons to high-speed Internet...

The word on buying an ILS; three commandments for selecting an integrated learning system. (Tutorial)
February 1, 1994... Editor's Note: This month we begin a new column for principals to help them and their staff's plan for technology. Contrary to what some vendors might tell you, an ILS will not part the Red Sea or deliver your students to the Promised...

"Edutaining" ourselves to death? (the fate of educational publishing) (online interview with Alan November and David Thornburg) (Interview)
February 1, 1994... EL Publishing, in general, is going through dramatic changes right now. What do you see happening in educational publishing? David: The problem as I see it is the conservatism that results from trying to be everything to everyone. It costs...

The soul of a social machine. (technology will be defined by what it connects us to, not by what it processes) (interview with Institute for the Future director Paul Saffo) (Interview)
February 1, 1994... A clear-eyed futurist says from here on out, technology will be defined by what it connects us to and not by what it processes You've said that technology does not drive change, that change is driven by culture. What do you mean? ...

Beyond shop talk: reinventing high school. (changing vocational education to meet the needs of the workplace) (second of two parts) (includes related articles on the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills and school-to-work programs)
February 1, 1994... TRADITIONAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IS having a hard time defining itself these days. For years, "voc ed" programs competently supplied workers to a U.S. economy dependent on the mass production of standardized products. According to the...

Open your notebooks; cheap laptops for schools for under $2,000. (Buyers Guide)
February 1, 1994... THE TEACHERS COMMAND TO "OPEN YOUR NOTEbooks" may take on a different meaning in the next few years as the cost of small light-weight computers continues to drop. These new prices-many under $2,000 make this fomerly cost prohibitive technology...

Keeping good counsel; software for school counselors to help students down college and career paths. (Software Review) (evaluations of three software packages) (Evaluation)
February 1, 1994... MANY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING THE ONE WHERE I WORK, for years have used technology to help students make college and career choices. In 1971, for $5,000 we connected a teletype machine to a time-sharing computer that enabled us to access college and...

No computer know-how; U.S. schools have lots of computers, but we don't know how to use them. (Special report)
February 1, 1994... The Untied States leads the world in the number of computers in its schools. Ninety-nine percent of all elementary and secondary schools in the U.S. have installed computers and 93 percent of the students use them during the school year. That's...