Electronic Learning articles from January 1988

Electronic Learning archives from January 1988

Commodore gets set for a big comeback. (Commodore International Ltd.) (company profile)
January 1, 1988... Commodore Gets Set for a Big Comeback "Back and better" is the rallying cry over at Commodore these days, as this $800 million a year company gears up to re-enter the education market after disbanding its education division a year ago....

A power company lights up computer education. (Potomac Edison)
January 1, 1988... A Power Company Lights Up Computer education Can the local power company make a difference to you students? If the power company is Potomac Edison, the answer is a resounding "Yes." Based in Hagerstown, MD, the utility has some powerful...

EDUCOM '87's 'Global Information Culture' promises scholars the world.
January 1, 1988... EDUCOM '87's "Global Information Culture" Promises Scholars The World A typical professor breezes into his homey office and activates his notebook sized workstation. First he's briefed by a synthesized assistant about his schedule for the...

Choosing a local area network.
January 1, 1988... Choosing a Local Area Network Dr. Connie Ellington Assistant Superintendant, Dayton Board of Education, Dayton, OH Annual District Technology Budget: exceeding $200,000 for LANs alone. Networks: 20 networked labs (within a...

The network story: what's available - how they're used. (local area networks in education)
January 1, 1988... The Network Story What's Available/How they're Used Will 1988 be the year of the LAN in education? Is this the year educators join MIS directors and corporate number-crunchers at the top of the LAN-ing curve? It's perhaps too soon to tell....

What's new from COMDEX. (Comdex-Fall '88, Las Vegas, NV)
January 1, 1988... WHAT'S NEW FROM COMDEX ZENITH RELEASES UPGRADE OF Z-138 An upgraded version of Zenith's popular Z-183 has been released with the first 20M-byte hard disk that offers five hours of battery power per charge and a higher-density disk...

Now it's easier to manage, and train teachers to use, a network.
January 1, 1988... Now It's Easier to Manage, and Train Teachers to Use, a Network A local area network (LAN) joins two or more computers together to share information or peripherals. In a typical school setting, several computers are connected to a hard disk...

The Amiga 500: an amazing computer waiting for notable software. (Hardware Review) (evaluation)
January 1, 1988... The Amiga 500: An Amazing Computer Waiting for Notable Software I have worked and played with a great many computers in the last twelve years; everything from IBM mainframes to Timex Sinclairs. never have I been as equally impressed and...

Science software that lets students explore color and robotics. (HRM Software's Colortrope) (Software Review) (evaluation)
January 1, 1988... Science Software That Lets Students Explore Color and Robotics It's refreshing to see software designers thinking creatively as they explore the possibilities of computers as tools for education. I was wandering the aisles at a recent...

Software to help students prepare for taking SATs. (Software Review) (evaluation)
January 1, 1988... Software to Help Students Prepare for Taking SATs. One of the joys of being a high school senior is the knowledge that graduation is not far off. For the college-bound senior, taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT)--which is required by...

A workout for two desktop publishing packages. (PageMaker 2.0a; XPress 1.04) (Software Review) (evaluation)
January 1, 1988... A Workout for Two Desktop Publishing Packages It is almost impossible to pick up a computer magazine without coming across some reference to desktop publishing. One reads about this product or that, or about how desktop publishing will save...