Electronic Learning articles from September 1990

Electronic Learning archives from September 1990

Reforming science education.
September 1, 1990... In June 1990, the chief scientific officers (CSO) of several major U.S. corporations, including Dupont, IBM, and Bell Atlantic, convened in Washington, D.C., to discuss the state of science education. Faced with "an increasingly severe shortage...

Grab your partner. (Schools gain resources by establishing partnerships; includes related article on getting partnerships started)
September 1, 1990... When schools face declining budgets, educational technology often bears the brunt of financial cutbacks. How can schools trim budgets yet maintain educational standards? One way is to establish partnerships with local businesses and...

ILS: its new role in schools. (Integrated learning systems; includes related article on ILS management systems and ILS research)
September 1, 1990... Several years ago integrated learning systems (ILS) were considered "fringe" educational technology products. They were used primarily as drill-and-practice laboratories for at-risk, Chapter 1 students. Today, however, schools are increasingly...

South Bay Union Schools: beating the demographics of failure. (Imperial Beach)
September 1, 1990... The South Bay Union Schools, a district of 10,000 students in grades preschool to 6 in Imperial Beach, Calif., exemplifies the demographics of failure: 1. More than 68 percent of the students are minority, mostly Hispanic. 2. One out...

Facing the future. (profile of Paul A. Reese, Electronic Learning's '1990 Educator of the Year.')
September 1, 1990... Two fifth-grade students huddle together to compare notes on a planet's atmosphere-a planet they created as a team project. Another student begins a data base of items that she is taking on a class trip to a dude ranch upstate. In a corner of...

Self respect; programs that give learning-disabled students a sense of pride in learning. (includes related article on assessing learning disabled students) (buyers guide)
September 1, 1990... A learning disability (LD) is sometimes called "the hidden disability." LD children look like other children. They have average-or higher-intelligence. But processing deficits interfere with learning and the children usually score well below...

Start them out young; interactive programs that help young children stay engaged in learning.
September 1, 1990... The task of educating America's preschool and elementary-age children is becoming increasingly difficult. For many students first entering school, learning is meaningless because they lack the prerequisite real-life experiences they can connect...

Looks like rain; real-world weather data can turn your students into real weather forecasters. (Software Review) (Mindscape Inc.'s Weatherbrief and Weatherbank Data Base and Accu-Access 3.09 and Accu-Weather Data Base) (evaluation)
September 1, 1990... Forget "weather at six" or "complete weather details at eleven." Why wait for television weather people when your school's science classes can study national and local maps, analyze current data, and develop their own weather predictions right...

Star gazing; software, videodiscs, and a portable planetarium for astronomy classes. (Software Review) (evaluation)
September 1, 1990... Astronomy, which is usually taught as part of an earth-science or physics class, is either observational (teaching students to recognize and identify celestial objects) or physical (understanding the relationships between such objects)....

Dynamic history; an exciting new approach to teaching an age-old subject. (Software Review) (Scholastic Software's Point of View: The Scholastic History Processor) (evaluation)
September 1, 1990... Point of View.- The Scholastic History Processor provides a rich, creative medium for studying American history. This Macintosh software program has three solid classroom uses for junior and senior high school social studies and English...

Political winds propel cruise. (educational technology)
September 1, 1990... After flying thousands of miles to the Soviet Union, I literally missed the boat. I was to attend the second annual East/West Invitational Seminar on Ne Technologies in Education, which w being held on a cruise ship leaving from Leningrad....