Electronic Learning articles from October 1993

Electronic Learning archives from October 1993

Building the design team: part II - hiring consultants, architects, engineers, and construction managers. (school design)
October 1, 1993... Like any major construction project, building a school requires detailed blueprints and specifications. If these documents are well-prepared, they'll ensure the quality of the materials, quality of workmanship, and the best possible bid ptice...

What do we do with colleges of education?
October 1, 1993... EL: Before we begin, I want to try to clarify the recurring argument I see between you two. David, you see technology as an enabler and Alan, you see technology as a transformer. That is, David thinks we need to talk about technology after...

Making a difference: technology and the non-tracked classroom. (includes glossary)(Special Report: Heterogeneous Grouping)
October 1, 1993... TRACKING--SEPARATING STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR academicability is a controversial as it is common a practice. Educators parents, and even lawyers representing one side or another arrue over how grouping children affects learning. The...

So what are teachers doing with this stuff? (technology in the classroom)
October 1, 1993... The acquisition of technology may have dramatically increased over the past decade, but the way it's being used has not substantially improved One of the sobering findings of recent research is that while technology distribution has...

Lights, cameras ... students! How to set up a closed-circuit TV station in your school. (Webster Elementary, St. Augustine, FL)(includes buyer's guides)
October 1, 1993... Each morning at Webster Elementary, a group of students, better known as "knowledge producers," create their own news program and broadcast it over the school's video distribution system. Our students don't just watch TV---they make it. ...

A technology-ready state: Florida's commissioner of education talks about her state's commitment to technology. (Betty Castor) (Interview)
October 1, 1993... EL Florida's recent education budget includes $55 million for technology, $8.65 million for instructional software, and an additional $80 million for instructional materials that include technology-based products. How did you pass all this in...

Technology can boost adult literacy, OTA finds. (Congressional Office of Technology Assessment)
October 1, 1993... At least 35 million U.S. adults need to improve their literacy skills, yet the majority--by some estimates 90 percent-receive no help. Technology---everything from electronic translators to closed-captioned television to an interactive...

History comes alive; a school district creates its own CD-ROM on a local Native American culture. (Ojibwe tribe, Mahnomen, MN)
October 1, 1993... Boozhoo, said the student. Miigwetch, came the reply. Those are Ojibwe words, and they punctuate the typical student chatter in the corridors of schools in Mahnomen, Minn. In language classes, students read the works of Ojibwe authors and in...

CD-ROM spins into schools. (growth of CD-ROM market in education)(includes related articles on CD market and comparison of CD, floppy and videodiscs)
October 1, 1993... It wasn't so very long ago that Susan Abdulezer, the technology graphics arts teacher at J.H.S. 47 School for the Deaf, in New York City, was a technological neophyte; she knew nothing about computers and even less about CD-ROM. "Up until...

Reflections on history: two CD-ROMs and a video to fill the void in social studies textbooks. (Software Review) (Computerized Educational Resources' The African American Experience and Facts on File's The American Indian: A Multimedia Encyclopedia electronic publications)(includes related article on Japanese culture videos) (Evaluation)
October 1, 1993... It's nearly impossible to richly reflect the history of the American people in a textbook. As more demands are placed on publishers to include references to a diversity of people and events, textbooks become watered down-- leaving history a...

Black-board disc jockeys. (CD-ROM technology in the classroom)
October 1, 1993... Angela Brown Kindergarten Teacher Glenridge School, Clayton, Missouri Technology setup: 2 Mac LCIIs, 3 Apple IIgs, 1 CD-ROM player. Overall use: Integrated with language arts and science curriculums. Every day the...

CD-ROM drives: faster, cheaper. (includes buyer's guide)
October 1, 1993... Early CD-ROM (Compact DiscRead Only Memory) applications consisted of illustrated encyclopedias, clip art collections, typeface libraries, and children's games. Titles were limited, and few Macintosh enthusiasts felt the need to own a CD-ROM...

Of fiberglass hulls, and CD-ROMs. (effect of CD-ROM technology on teachers)(Real Time) (Column)
October 1, 1993... The other day I received a brochure for a new CD-ROM-based product: a high school biology course, with a textbook included... I just wonder how long it will be before the textbook part is dropped. When I was a boy growing up north of...