History Computer Review articles from September 2000

History Computer Review archives from September 2000

NEWS AND NOTES.(Polling Data)(Statistical Data Included)
September 22, 2000... THE SURVEY SAYS... Along with the last issue individual subscribers in the U.S. and Canada received a questionnaire regarding current and anticipated use of the computer for teaching. About a fifth returned it, a very good rate for such...

INTERACTION: EXAMPLES AND POSSIBILITIES.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: As a follow-up to an article in the last issue discussing interactivity in the abstract, the present essay offers concrete examples of interaction drawn from applications he has developed as a way of encouraging greater...

THE PURPOSE, DESIGN, AND EVOLUTION OF ONLINE INTERACTIVE TEXTBOOKS: THE DIGITAL LEARNING INTERACTIVE MODEL.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: In deciding how best to meet the challenge of teaching this generation of students, Digital Learning Interactive (DLI) is pioneering online textbooks that go far beyond conventional printed textbooks in delivering information and in...

GROWING HISTORY: A VISION OF HISTORICAL RENAISSANCE THROUGH COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE LEARNING.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: A small percentage of historians has used the Information Revolution to improve pedagogy in significant ways. The majority of historians has avoided computerization altogether, or, perhaps even worse, has used the new technology in...

Some Wright and Some Wrong: A Response.
September 22, 2000... I take my hat off. In Robert Wright, I've found someone more cynical and curmudgeonly about the history profession than I am. However, once one moves beyond his facile criticism of the profession as a whole, we find useful suggestions for...

Bad Conscience: A Commentary on Growing History.
September 22, 2000... Ils gardent l'avenir ceux qui gardent l'histoire, Ceux dont les souvenirs sont sans mauvais remords Et qui, pres des tombeaux ou sommeille la gloire, Melent l'ame des vivants a l'ame des morts They who guard the past...

BEHIND THE SCENES: THE LESSONS WE LEARNED MAKING THE WEBSITE DoHistory.org.
September 22, 2000... ABSTRACT: DoHistory.org, an ambitious new website for historians, teachers, medical professionals, and lay people interested in history and America's past, was launched by the Harvard Film Study Center in February of 2000. The site is an...

NET SURVEY -- "RELIGIOUS FREEDOM" IN MODERN CHINA: EXPLORING WWW RESOURCES.
September 22, 2000... In 1999 the Chinese government began a suppression campaign against the falungong, a syncretic sect based on Buddhist and Daoist doctrines, that drew international media attention when scores of followers were arrested during a peaceful protest...

ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Scott McCartney, ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer (New York: Walker, 1999). 262 pages with index. $23.00. Scott McCartney deserves praise for openness and clarity. He plainly declares that his book has a...

The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Margaret Wertheim, The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet (New York: W. W. Norton, 1999). $24.95, cloth (0-393-04694-X); $14.95, paperback (0-398-82053-7). It's not often that one comes across a...

THE CIVIL WAR CD-ROM: ATLAS OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR.(Review)
September 22, 2000... THE CIVIL WAR CD-ROM: ATLAS OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR Publisher: Guild Press of Indiana, 435 Grade Drive, Carmel, Indiana 46032; 317-848-6421. www.guildpress.com Published: 1999. Materials included: Each program...

THE CIVIL WAR CD-ROM II: OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION.(Review)
September 22, 2000... THE CIVIL WAR CD-ROM II: OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE NAVIES IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION Publisher: Guild Press of Indiana, 435 Grade Drive, Carmel, Indiana 46032; 317-848-6421. www.guildpress.com Published: 1999. ...

DOON THE WATTER.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Publisher: Peter Hillis and Drew Calderhead, Copyright University of Strathclyde, made with Macromedia. Published: 1998. Materials included: One CD-ROM disk. Price: 15 [pounds sterling] or $25, plus $20 for packaging/postage. ...

EMPIRES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH--THE WORLD IN ROMAN TIMES, 300 B.C. TO A.D. 476.(Review)
September 22, 2000... EMPIRES OF HEAVEN AND EARTH--THE WORLD IN ROMAN TIMES, 300 B.C. TO A.D. 476 HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE SERIES Publisher: Clearvue/eav, 6465 N. Avondale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60631-9918. 1-800-253-2788 1-773-775-9433 Fax: 1-800-444-9855...

IMPERIALISM AND PROGRESS: THE VICTORIAN ERA (1860-1915).(Review)
September 22, 2000... IMPERIALISM AND PROGRESS: THE VICTORIAN ERA (1860-1915) HISTORY THROUGH LITERATURE SERIES Publisher: Clearvue/eav, 6465 N. Avondale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60631-9918. 1-800-253-2788 1-773-775-9433 Fax: 1-800-444-9855 Published:...

NEW WORLDS AND NEW IDEAS, 1492 to 1750.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Publisher: Clearvue/eav, 6465 N. Avondale Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60631-9918. Published: 1999. Materials included: CD-ROM and mini-manual. Price: $75; $850 for the twelve Cds in the series. Availability: Macintosh and...

THE PAPACY, RELIGIOUS CHANGE AND CHURCH REFORM 1049-1125.(Review)
September 22, 2000... Publisher: History Courseware Consortium, University of Glasgow, 1 University Gardens, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom; titphist@arts.gla.ac.uk. Fax: +44(0)141 330 5518 www.gla.ac.uk/~histltp/ Published: 1998. ISBN: 0 9517514 8 4. ...

LITERATURE SURVEY.
September 22, 2000... In this issue HCR surveys the January through June 2000 contents of the following computer periodicals for articles that may be of interest to historians: Home Office Computing, MacHome, MacWorld. PC/Computing, PC Magazine, and PCWorld. If...

Home Office Computing.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... Software: Georgia, Bonny L. "Guard Your Internet Connection," Home Office Computing (May 2000), 33. Review of NORTON INTERNET SECURITY 2000. Holzberg, Carol S. "Personal Information Managers," Home Office Computing (May 2000), 75-78....

MacHome.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... Software, CDs: Batterby, Jeff. "DISKWARRIOR," MacHome (June 2000), 37. The highest recommendation for Alsoft's DISKWARRIOR, which is a disk repair utility program. Now in its second version, it includes new disk protection and optimization...

MacWorld.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... Software, CDs: Blatner, David. "Sharper Images in PHOTOSHOP," MacWorld (April 2000), 97-99. No matter what scanner you use, scanned images always seem to be a bit blurred. Blatner explains how to use PHOTOSHOP's strangely named Unsharp...

PC/Computing.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... NOTE: PC/Computing ceased publication with the April 2000 issue. Before the end, it had cut back its computer content tremendously. Its successor is Smart Business, which has limited computer content. Hardware: Paul, Richard S....

PC Magazine.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... Software, CDs: Graven, Matthew, et al. "Say It With Graphics," PC Magazine (April 4, 2000), 185-97. The selection of graphics software has been simplified as a result of an extensive examination by PC Magazine labs. The imaging and...

PC World.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2000... Software: Arar, Yardena. "NETSCAPE 6 -- Slick New Browsing Machine Challenges INTERNET EXPLORER," PC World (June 2000), 62, 67. The changes are dramatic in NETSCAPE 6. Improvements include a slimmed-down footprint; a better user interface;...