Electronic Learning articles from March 1992

Electronic Learning archives from March 1992

The REI movement: technology may be the key to success for a new initiative to teach special education students in regular classrooms. (Regular Education Initiative) (Guest Editorial) (Column)
March 1, 1992... 12 Special education was developed over a decade and a half ago to meet the instructional needs of exceptional or special students. Since that time, the two types of education-special and regular-have operated separately with their own...

The best of both worlds: South Pointe Elementary, Miami Beach, Fla., is a new public school that behaves like a private firm. (Restructuring)
March 1, 1992... Homework for a Student at South Pointe Elementary School could very well mean going home and measuring the feet of each family member, graphing the data. and calculating an average foot size for the family. No, the teachers aren't crazy and...

You get the works with integrated tools: three new works packages from Symatec, Claris, and Microsoft offer educators more options in tool software. (ClarisWorks, from Claris Corp.; GreatWorks, from Symantec Corp.; and Works for Windows, from Microsoft Corp.) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
March 1, 1992... 6 Your district's technology committee may be wrestling with the same question many schools are facing: should you purchase an integrated tools software package (word processor, data base, spreadsheet) or stand-alone packages for each...

The most complete guide ever to telecommunications. (telecommunications for teachers) (tutorial)(glossary) (Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1992... 8 Because telecommunications started as a grassroots movement in education, it's not quite as organized as other technologies. Many of the services teachers used two years ago are now defunct, or, they're still in operation but they've moved...

Teacher professionalism: almost every online service provides a means for teachers to communicate about common interests.
March 1, 1992... 8 In a profession where there's little interaction with colleagues, where most of the day is spent talking only to young people, and where limited budgets allow for limited travel, many teachers find that telecommunications provides a...

A principal's commitment. (John D'Auria, principal at Wellesley Middle School, involves his school in telecommunications)
March 1, 1992... Wellesley Middle School may be physically located in an Ivy-covered suburban town outside Boston, Mass., but students there are culturally transported daily to places as far away and foreign as Quebec, Japan, France... even Milwaukee ! This...

How to choose the right ILS: a look at Broward County, Fla., public schools' exhaustive process to evaluate integrated learning systems. (ILS Vendors Embrace the Mac: Electronic Learning Special Edition) (Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1992... One of the most difficult decision-making processes a school district can undertake is the selection of an integrated learning system (ILS). There's the expense and complexity of the system, and the expectation of a long life span-five to 10...

Under the hood: a look at software from the four Macintosh-based ILS companies. (integrated learning systems from Computer Curriculum Corp., Computer Networking Specialists Inc., Ideal Learning Inc. and Jostens Learning Corp.)(includes related 'On The Horizon' articles that describe products being developed) (ILS Vendors Embrace the Mac: Electronic Learning Special Edition) (Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1992... The companies below-computer Curriculum Corp., Computer Networking specialists, Ideal Learning, and Jostens Learning Corp.-stand out as leaders in the design of Macintosh-based ILS software. Here is an overview of their products and a quick...

Can Mac purists accept ILSes? (Apple Macintosh microcomputers; integrated learning systems)(The Last Word) (ILS Vendors Embrace the Mac: Electronic Learning Special Edition) (Column)
March 1, 1992... 6 Macintosh computers have mushroomed in K-12 education in the past few years, the result of a drive by educators to put more powerful and creative tools in the hands of students and teachers. Within the past year, many integrated learning...

The ILS Mac pack: four ILS vendors now offer courseware for the Macintosh. Here's the lowdown on the products and a look at schools currently using them. (Integrated Learning Systems)(includes related article that provides advice for how to implement an ILS; another related article briefly recounts the history of ILSes; and another related article forecasts the future of ILSes) (ILS Vendors Embrace the Mac: Electronic Learning Special Edition) (Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1992... That software programs are educators purchasing at a rate that's nothing short of phenomenal? If you answered integrated learning systems you've obviously been keeping up-to-date with the latest trends in educational software. Integrated...