Electronic Learning articles from October 1994

Electronic Learning archives from October 1994

NII roadblocks: why do so few educators use the Internet? (National Information Infrastructure)
October 1, 1994... Information superhighway, global village, electronic shopping mall--these are some of the images bandied about to describe the evolving National Information Infrastructure (NII). Many of these visions are promoted by a commercial sector that...

Reflections of an E-mail users; why famous people are now accessible to the rest of us. (MIT Media Laboratory Dir Nicholas Negroponte) (Interview)
October 1, 1994... EL: Most people think of the telephone as the most accessible and easy-to-use technology, yet you prefer e-mail over the telephone. Why? NEGROPONTE: The telephone is a horrible medium! Have you ever had somebody call you at home when you...

An active engagement. (interactive technology and education)
October 1, 1994... Though we have waltzed around the issue of high educational standards for a decade or more, the government has finally gotten down to business. With the passage of the Goals 2000: Educate America Act of 1994, our leaders have mandated that...

Technology & tradition: how a Kentucky middle school mixes Latin, laptops, and real-world learning. (Barret Traditional Middle School)
October 1, 1994... Barret Traditional Middle School sits on top of a high hill in eastern Louisville, Ky., a 60-year-old stone edifice that has withstood the assaults of a devastating flood, a tornado, and thousands of hormone-laden adolescents over the years....

Laser lessons: making technology work in the classroom.
October 1, 1994... As District Technology Teacher for the Ithaca City School District's elementary schools in Itahaca, N. Y., it's Henry Tuttle's job to help teachers use technology to support their curricula. If a teacher lacks equipment, Tuttle delivers it. He...

Laserdiscs and CD-ROMs: similar, but different.
October 1, 1994... They're both silver, round, and shiny like a stereo CD, are read by a laser beam, and provide quick and easy access to a wealth of information. But the two mediums are usually used differently by teachers in their classrooms. Laserdiscs work...

Interview with Perry Reeves; laserdiscs and CD-ROMs are here to stay. (director of educational marketing support for Pioneer Electronic Corp) (Interview)
October 1, 1994... Peggy Healy Stearns (PHS): New technologies like Quick Time will make it possible to digitize videos and compress entire laserdiscs onto CD-ROM. Will teachers continue to use laserdiscs? Perry Reeves (PR): Yes, for a long time. Even when...

There's a place for us: laserdisc & CD-ROM across the curriculum.
October 1, 1994... The headaches associated with 16mm films (film coming off the spool) and slide projectors (upside-down slides) have become a thing of the past. Laserdisc and CD-ROM players (and their software) not only make teaching much easier, they make...

All things considered: what to think about when buying laserdisc and CD-ROM technologies.
October 1, 1994... When educators ask what hardware and software to buy, the best response is: Don't just think hardware--think solutions. Start with your goals, select resources that support your goals, then buy the hardware you need to use those resources. Here...

Facing the future: national standards will leave our children in the dark without the true integration of technology. (includes related article on the role of technology in historical research and a list of groups writing voluntary national content standards)
October 1, 1994... The push for voluntary, national standards that set high goals for student achievement in all major subject areas is like a legion of trains chugging along parallel tracks and moving full speed ahead. Though the movement has its critics, there...

The digital apprentice: PDAs are evolving fast into useful tools for the classroom. (personal digital assistant) (includes related article on Sunburst/Wings' Learner Profile student assessment software) (Buyers Guide)
October 1, 1994... Personal digital assistans have changed. No longer mere palmtop address and date books, PDAs have been enhanced and expanded so they can help educators organize their lives in and out of class. Teachers can use PDAs to record information about...

Classrooms in the cosmos. (educational astronomy software packages for children) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
October 1, 1994... The first astronomy software program I bought for my classroom was Commodore's Sky Travel. It allowed us to print maps of areas of the sky for any date on the calendar. That program was the best educational software I found in the first 10...