Electronic Learning articles from March 1991

Electronic Learning archives from March 1991

Optical Data, Panasonic customize videodisc player for Texas. (Optical Data Corp. to resell Panasonic LX-120s to Texas elementary schools) (Industry News)
March 1, 1991... In a move that may drastically affect the educational videodisc player market, the Panasonic Co. agreed to manufacture a specially-designed and priced videodisc player to be sold exclusively with Optical Data Corp.'s Windows on Science...

Distance learning; a Georgia high school receives live televised instruction via satellite - and it works. (Satellite Educational Resources Consortium) (Ideas at Work)
March 1, 1991... A Georgia high school receives live televised instruction via satellite-and it works Three times a week, Upson High School students in Thomaston, Ga., join 1,200 students from around the country in watching a 50-minute Japanese language...

Wired to the world; Carrollton High School in Georgia connects social studies to the real world using online services and television. (Special Report) (interview)
March 1, 1991... Carrollton High School in Georgia connects social studies to the real world using online news services and television. The students of Carrollton High School, in Carrollton, Ga., have Tan almost unprecedented access to the outside world,...

Classroom TV: what's available to schools: a comprehensive listing of educational programs and services offered by cable channels, PBS, and other stations. (includes related article on PBS and Whittle Communications) (Educational Television)
March 1, 1991... A comprehensive listing of educational programs and services offered by cable channels, PBS, and other stations. During the early years of educational television (ETV), shows often mimicked current educational methodology and ideas....

Schools of education: four exemplary programs. (University of Massachusetts, Michigan State, George Mason University and Penn State University incorporate technology into their programs)(includes related article on accreditation of Texas teacher education programs) (Cover Story)
March 1, 1991... EL looks at four teacher education programs where technology is a constant, and future teachers are encouraged to become agents of change There are more than 1,200 recognized teacher education programs in the country today. How many of them...

LCD panels: display your computer screen on a classroom wall - in monochrome or color. (liquid crystal display panels for use in the classroom) (Buyers Guide) (buyers guide)
March 1, 1991... Display your computer screen on a classroom wall-in monochrome or color These days, many computer-using educators can't get by without a liquid crystal display (LCD) projection panel, An LCD panel, when used with an overhead projector,...

Books on disk. (Discis Knowledge Research Inc.'s The Tale of Peter Rabbit and William K. Bradford Publishing Co.'s Ananse the Spider) (Software Review) (Software Reviews: Elementary Classroom) (evaluation)
March 1, 1991... Can software help children read? These programs do. Putting books on disk-is this a good use of the computer? That's the question we set out to answer in looking at software versions of two story classics. We found that The Tale of...

At-risk readers. (Davidson and Associates Inc.'s TEAM Series: Reading Comprehension and TEAM Series: Vocabulary educational software) (Software Review) (Software Reviews: Middle School Classroom) (evaluation)
March 1, 1991... Two new packages from Davidson successfully engage remedial readers "Thirty-five to 40 percent of American students in K-12 are classified as at-risk. For public high schools, the dropout rate hovers at around 25 percent; in some urban...

Math labs. (Wolfram Research Inc.'s Mathematica 2.0 and Sunburst Communications Inc.'s Geometric Connectors: Transformations) (Software Review) (Software Reviews: High School Classroom) (evaluation)
March 1, 1991... Students explore math concepts with these powerful new programs In its new standards for grades 9-12, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) calls for students to move beyond computation and explore" mathematics. "Computers...