Electronic Learning articles from January 1994

Electronic Learning archives from January 1994

Technology amendment drafted for Goals 2000. (federal education bills)
January 1, 1994... Calling for a "comprehensive, not a patchwork approach to education reform," Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) introduced two new technology amendments to S. 1150 Goals 2000: Educate America Act, the national school reform act. He says the two...

Cultural changes; designing technology for professional development. (teachers; includes related article on VideoClubs and Mathematics Learning Forums)
January 1, 1994... WE KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IS A KEY ingredient for creating new learning environments for students. But technology may be even more important for creating a new professional development culture for teachers, to help them rise to meet the enormous...

Connecting to the future; a blueprint for the electronic classroom. (part 4)
January 1, 1994... Part IV--A blueprint for the electronic classroom THE KEY WORD FOR THE CLASSROOM OF THE future is connectivity. No more stand-alone computers. No more VCRs on carts. No more classrooms without phone access to the rest of the world. The...

Real time -- not after school time -- staff development. (Panel Discussion)
January 1, 1994... David and Alan offer some practical ideas on improving staff development today EL What are three practical things schools could do today to improve professional development for teachers? Hitch: You can't spend any more money than schools...

Classroom laboratories; teachers' observations can be turned into valid research. (assessing educational benefits of technology) (includes related article on NSF grants) (Special Report: Teachers as Researchers)
January 1, 1994... Teachers' observation can be turned into valid research HOW DO WE KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY REALLY makes a difference? We need proof, but classroom-based research is rare. Unless teachers are involved in graduate study, they rarely have the...

Reinventing high school. (using technology and planning) (includes related articles on criticisms of US high schools and how to build staff consensus) (Cover Story)
January 1, 1994... When it comes to restructuring, high schools are the final frontier. In this two-part series, Electronic Learning examines the issues behind secondary school reform and looks at two districts that are reinventing a thing called high school ...

The keys to well-being; four new ergonomic keyboards designed to reduce the strain of typing. (Health Care Keyboard Co's Comfort Keyboard System, Apple's Adjustable KB, Infogrip Inc's Bat Personal KB and Kinesis Corp's Kinesis Ergonomic KB) (includes related article on preventing KB-related health problems) (Buyers Guide)
January 1, 1994... THE QWERTY KEYBOARD LAYOUT WAS INTRODUCED IN the 1870s to slow typing speed and prevent typewriter keys from jamming. This keyboard requires typists to extend hands close together, palms face down in front of the body. Such a position places...

Reading for meaning; multimedia programs that go beyond glitz. (Houghton Mifflin's Channel READ and David & Assoc's Story Club) (includes related articles on other multimedia reading programs and summary of product facts)
January 1, 1994... MULTIMEDIA PROGRAMS ARE ALL THE RAGE. SEEMS WE think we can't interest kids in reading unless the story sings, dances, or zaps something. But multimedia reading programs should do more than simply emulate a television or video arcade...

In the service of learning. (interview with Richard Saul Wurman) (Interview)
January 1, 1994... The author of Information Anxiety says that the future of learning lies in failure, asking questions, and the merger of technology, entertainment, and design EL In Information Anxiety you tell people to "document your failures." Why? ...