Electronic Learning articles from October 1991

Electronic Learning archives from October 1991

Involve students in the community; technology is a tool students can use to shape their community and their lives.
October 1, 1991... Technology is a tool students can use to shape their community and their lives Believe it or not, story about toilets is helping me to think about how technology can make a qualitative difference in schools. On a bathroom wall, in a...

Making staff development work. (teaching teachers about computer technology)
October 1, 1991... Many technology staff development programs are out of control. They don't have to be If you haven't seen or been in a tornado, which we sometimes have here in the Midwest, you're lucky. The whirling, suctionlike winds have been clocked at...

Backbone networks: the heart of a technology plan. (includes related article listing educational software for networks) (Cover Story)
October 1, 1991... How and why three school districts are networking their buildings - and laying the foundation for the future There's probably not a school district in the U.S. that that at least paying lip service to the idea of a long-range technology plan....

Handy scanners for under $700. (includes related article on tools for hand-held scanners) (Buyers Guide)
October 1, 1991... Do you use computers to create lesson plans or class handouts? Do your students publish monthly newsletters or school newspapers with computers? Is is difficult to locate that perfect graphic when you need it? If you answered "yes" to any of...

(R)evolutionary foreign language software. (Software Review) (HyperGlot Software Inc.'s EasyKana, MicroTac Software's Language Assistant series and Transparent Language Inc.'s Transparent Language) (Evaluation)
October 1, 1991... No longer books on disk, foreign language software exploits the interactive capabilities of the computer Tremendous strides have been made in computer software for subject areas such as math, science, language arts, and music. Now foreign...