Electronic Learning articles from May 1996

Electronic Learning archives from May 1996

Judging student multimedia: fifteen criteria teachers need to effectively assess kids' projects. (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... Multimedia authoring is fast becoming a regular feature of many classrooms. Teachers are creating multimedia presentations for their students, and students are producing multimedia reports for their teachers--and for each other. Many students...

Beyond the "Best CDs" List: helping teachers learn to evaluate multimedia for themselves. (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... One of the first things many teachers ask me when they come to the Media Workshop New York, a professional development program for New York City teachers, is, "Can't you just give me a list of the good stuff?" By good stuff they mean a "best"...

Credibility at first sight: how to write an introduction that boosts your "grantability".(grant-writing)
May 1, 1996... I was 15, on my first date, an,d shaking hands with the man who would become my father-in-law ten years down the road. His first words caught me totally by surprise. "So," he asked, "what are you famous for?" Of course, it was a trick...

I'll take the info service road; one teacher's advice on using what you have to get what you need. (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... This past fan, I had a revelation while performing the dreaded task of searching for a textbook. After spending days and weeks at textbook fairs, I had still failed, to find the high-interest silver bullet that will kill the demon of high school...

Way past word processing. (teachers use technology to help students to learn to write) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... Like many teachers, Bev Paeth initially was skeptical about using telecommunications to teach writing. Sure, she relied on computers for basic word processing lessons, but she was leery of adding anything else to her responsibilities as a reading...

Computers move in at home. (Indiana's Buddy Project provides 6,000 families with computers for students) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... The Clayton family in rural Sheridan, Ind., prepared for the arrival of the computer as they would for the coming of royalty. They painted a butcher-block table Wedgwood blue, to match their living room, and set it in a prominent place. When son...

Moving into the future. (library media specialist brings an 80-year-old Middle School up to the present) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... From the outside, Winona Middle School in Winona, Minn., doesn't resemble anyone's idea of a school of tomorrow. Its two brick buildings, circa 1915 and 1927 respectively, look like outtakes from a sepiatoned photo album. But looks are deceiving....

Truth and consequences. (schools seek Internet-use policies that protect kids, but allow access to online resources) (Internet Web Online Service Information)
May 1, 1996... Fueled by last summer's widely quoted, widely condemned Time magazine story on cyberporn and the decency provisions in the recently passed Telecommunications Act, anxiety is running high among educators about student safety on the Internet. Some...

Duxbury, Mass: technology meets Monet and Michaelangelo. (students use computers as creative outlet) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... Computers and cameras are two of the many tools in award-winning teacher Virginia Freyermuth's art classes at Duxbury Junior/Senior High. Art itself has become a vehicle to learn about other subjects, and for many students, computers provide a...

Los Angeles - The Bronx - Chicago: exploring the urban environment. (technology helps kids see their neighborhoods as ecosystems)
May 1, 1996... Graffiti, crack dealers, and comers where gangs jump passersby: These day-to-day challenges are also major environmental problems for many teens in an inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood with one of the highest murder rates in the country and a...

Northern New Jersey: great inventions. (putting creativity to work solving practical problems) (Technology Information)
May 1, 1996... Creativity isn't just about artistic expression: inventors and scientists need the creative edge as well. In Javier Rabelo's electronics and computer technology courses at Northern Valley Regional High Schools in Demarest and Old Tappan, NJ.,...

Bringing art history to life; digital reproductions connect students with masterpieces.(Buyers Guide)
May 1, 1996... Okay, okay--so CD-ROMs can't replace the experience of actually traveling to Paris, Florence, or Rome to view the world's great masterpieces. But if you're stuck on this side of the Atlantic, you and your students can still experience--in...

Dell goes off to school.(Dell Computer's Dell GL575 Learning Station) (Hardware Review)(Evaluation)
May 1, 1996... The second giant of the mail-order computer world is now targeting the education market, and based on the hardware/software package we just tested, Dell Computer Corporation should be a real contender. Like its main competitor, Gateway (reviewed...

Sorting it out: Habits of mind. (five hot questions help students understand data)(Supplement: special educators guide to the world wide web) (Internet Web Online Service Information)
May 1, 1996... There's certainly no shortage of "stuff" on the Net, I told Bill. But finding the right information and determining if it is sound takes more than surfing. I am talking about putting good "habits of mind" into the search process. Growing...