History Computer Review articles from March 2001

History Computer Review archives from March 2001

NEWS AND NOTES.
March 22, 2001... REINVENT OR RETROFIT? Assume an average survey class occupies forty fifty-minute segments. The first decision is what to include. You could fill the time strictly with "traditional" topics, wars and politics. You could, instead, find two-score...

CONNECTING TEACHING GOALS WITH TECHNOLOGY.
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT: How do we go forward in re-imagining the teaching of history in the age of the Internet? Richard W. Slatta proposes a way of combining technique and technology, of connecting pedagogical classroom issues with appropriate tools, and he...

WHY TEACH HYBRID HISTORY?
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT: This article covers the successes and failures of hybrid instruction. The author includes strategies for effective hybrid classes and problems to anticipate. Picture this. One week to go before I start my hybrid history class at...

BLACKBOARD'S COURSEINFO: SUPPLEMENTING IN-CLASS TEACHING WITH THE INTERNET.
March 22, 2001... ABSTRACT: This article has three purposes: to respond to several points raised by David M. Fahey in an article on Blackboard COURSEINFO in the Spring 2000 issue; to discuss the pros and cons of Blackboard COURSEINFO to conduct a paperless...

NET SURVEY -- "LEAPS OF FAITH" AND MEDIATED INSTRUCTION: CREATING THE FIRST WEB PAGE.
March 22, 2001... With the new millenium comes increasing pressure to change the way college teaching is conducted. While many faculty have long ago incorporated a significant amount of "mediated instruction" into their courses (perhaps, as in the case of the...

Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites.(Review)
March 22, 2001... Sarah Horton, Web Teaching Guide: A Practical Approach to Creating Course Web Sites (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000). 242 pages, including 200 illustrations and index. Cloth $35; paper $14.95. Top 10 Reasons NOT to Create a Teaching...

ANCIENT GREEKS.(Review)
March 22, 2001... ANCIENT GREEKS Publisher: Cambridge Educational, 90 MacCorkle Avenue, SW., Charleston, West Virginia 25303; 1-800-468-4227. Published: 1998. Materials included: One CD-ROM disk, activity sheets, and handbook. Price: $89.00....

CIVILIZATION AND WRITING (School Edition) HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE SERIES.
March 22, 2001... CIVILIZATION AND WRITING (School Edition) HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE SERIES Publisher: Zane Publishing, Inc., 2425 Arbuckle Street, Dallas, Texas 75229; 1-972-488-9263; Fax: 972-488-9498; Email addresses: support@zane.com (General...

ENFRANCHISING WOMEN: THE POLITICS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN EUROPE, 1789-1945.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... ENFRANCHISING WOMEN: THE POLITICS OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE IN EUROPE, 1789-1945 Publisher: History Courseware Consortium of the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, 1 University Gardens, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK G12 8QQ....

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SAN DIEGO?(Brief Article)
March 22, 2001... WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SAN DIEGO? Publisher: The Learning Company, 1 Martha's Way, Hiawatha, Iowa 52233; 1-800-395-0277; www.learningco.com. Published: 1996. Materials included: One CD-ROM disk and handbook. Price:...

Home Office Computing.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software: Abel, Amee. "Keep Your Computer Purring," Home Office Computing (September 2000), 30. Coverage of SYSTEM MECHANIC 3.5, designed to improve the performance of a sluggish PC. Compares it to NORTON SYSTEMWORKS and Ontrack's...

MacAddict.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software: Higdon, Julie. "FLASH 101," MacAddict (July 2000), 48-51. This article provides basic instruction in the use of Micromedia's FLASH ($299), a program for creating sound and animation for web pages. Holmes, Joseph. "How to...

MacHome.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software, CDs: Battersby, Jeff. "A Class Act," MacHome (August 2000), 54-56. A comparison of six grading software programs. The clear winner is Orbis Software's EASY GRADE PRO ($49). Second choice is Scott Marcy's free FIRST CLASS...

MacWorld.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software, CDs: Gore, Andrew. "IMOVIE 2," MacWorld (October 2000), 88-89, 91. Apple's original video editor was fairly limited but the upgrade, IMOVIE 2, has many more features without losing its ease of use. This new version allows very...

PC Magazine.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software, CDs: Alvarez, Ignacio. "Spin Through Your Tasks," PC Magazine (October 3, 2000), 131. For those who attempt to use their mouse to its fullest potential, the author of this article introduces yet another possible use for the mouse...

PC World.(Bibliography)
March 22, 2001... Software: Sengstack, Jeff. "Make Your PC Hacker-Proof," PC World (September 2000), 169-78 passim. This article discusses six personal firewalls tested in order to determine which ones are the best. Although hacking individual PCs remains a...