Electronic Learning articles from March 1997

Electronic Learning archives from March 1997

Is There an Apple in Education's Future? (News & Resources) (Company Business and Marketing)
March 1, 1997... Because Apple Computer is so entwined with school technology, education decision-makers are fretting over the continuing troubling news about the company's performance. As EL went to press at the beginning of February, for example, The Wall...

Really Big Floppies--To Go! (comparison of computer storage devices from six manufacturers) (Product Information)
March 1, 1997... Let's face it, school computers are public property. Students, teachers, and administrators vie for computer resources to write reports, surf the Web, check e-mail, and navigate CD-ROMs. While in the old days every computer user could store...

Powerful new math tools: software that helps kids work like mathematicians.(Software Buyers' Guide)(Buyers Guide)
March 1, 1997... Amid the flood of math software of all kinds is a new group of math tools. Their power permits students to quickly test out ideas, conduct investigations by moving from an example to a more general case, and make comparisons and discoveries....

Three top learning tools. (Learning Co's The Genius of Edison, Maxis' Sim Park and Microsoft's Publisher 97) (Software Review)(Evaluation)
March 1, 1997... THE GENIUS OF EDISON Subject/Skills: History, science E; Recommended Ages:10 and up Parental Involvement: Medium Publisher: The Learning Co., Cambridge, MA; (800)227-5609, http:/www.learningco.com Platforms: Windows, Macintosh Price:$45 Rating:...

6 reasons to infuse science with technology. (includes related article on issues that need to be handled for the full implementation of educational technology) (Technology Information)
March 1, 1997... Caught in an electronic eye deep in the Pacific Ocean, a giant squid flits across the monitor, giving Kam Matray's students a moment of discovery. The images of this monster of the deep-captured by a remotely operated vehicle, piped...

Technology for kids' desktops. (Technology Information)
March 1, 1997... Students in Donna Eisenacher's fifth-grade class at Johnson Park Elementary School in Princeton, N.J., are storm chasers. A twister whips through the prairie and these young meteorologists know about it. To track tornadoes, they log onto the...

Providing role models online. (telementoring) (Technology Information)
March 1, 1997... Fifth-grade students studying animal behavior in Idaho receive suggestions on how to improve their observation techniques from a primate ethologist at the Wisconsin Regional Primate Center. A high school girl in a computer science class...