Electronic Learning articles from May 1990

Electronic Learning archives from May 1990

Education still not looking at the big picture; two studies show that education needs more comprehensive plans for integrating computers - and computer specialist - into schools.
May 1, 1990... An article in The Washington Post last December declared that American education was a $500-billion flop, and would remain so until three things changed. First, education must spend as much as business does on research and development. Second,...

The new library/media center. (the transformation into a technology and information hub)
May 1, 1990... The topic of Billy's report is the political career of John F. Kennedy. To find information, he sits down at a computer in the library/media center's computer lab and instantly finds magazine and book citations and prints out several complete...

Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia: a powerful CD-ROM instructional tool. (Software Review) (evaluation)
May 1, 1990... Can animation, graphics, sound, and text on a CD-ROM laser disc complement and enhance a classroom's curriculum? Using Compton's Multimedia Encyclopedia, the answer is a definitive yes. Compton's-developed by Encyclopaedia Britannica and...

Foreign-language software? Mais Oui! Jawohl! Si, Si! (Software Review) (brief reviews of the National Foreign Language Exam, French Assistant, and Trivial Pursuit - Spanish edition) (evaluation)
May 1, 1990... As students and society increasingly become part of the "global village," the need to be functional in a second language intensifies. This month's column looks at a much neglected courseware area-foreign language software-and examines programs...

Multimedia on the Amiga; keyboarding on the C-64. (Software Review) (brief reviews of Inovatronics' CanDo authoring program) (evaluation)
May 1, 1990... Over the past several years Ken has reviewed hundreds of Amiga creativity and authoring programs for multimedia, and he believes CanDo stands with the best. Below he explains why. CanDo There seems to be no limit to what one can do...

Smooth Mac fonts at your fingertips: the newest breed of Macintosh graphics software softens the jagged edges of type styles, on-screen and in print. (Software Review) (brief reviews of Adobe Type Manager and TypeAlign) (evaluation)
May 1, 1990... If you've been following the computer trade magazines, then you know a war is raging in Macintosh land. Font formats-the way letters are formed on a video screen-are at the center of this frenzied struggle. Who are the players? Apple, Adobe,...