History Computer Review articles from September 2002

History Computer Review archives from September 2002

Don't look too closely. (News And Notes).(Internet filtering software)(Internet domains)
September 22, 2002... While doing some research tangential to reviewing the Hereford Mappamundi (see Reviews), and being dissatisfied that users could not copy and paste from the CD, I used a Google image search to find out what, if anything, was floating on the...

We don't need you any more. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Pressures for conformity in the classroom would appear to be the strongest since the 1950s. The impetus comes not from zealots using the horrors of 9/11/01 as their cover. Rather, the rationale is poor student performance on standardized tests....

Whither the Web? (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Another concern I have is that the web will become marginalized. Already it seems to be losing some of its steam. It's a wonderful cornucopia, a Pandora's box at times and godsend at others. It may even--along with Harry Potter--have...

Campus Watch. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... Concerned that pro-Muslim views have fostered a hate-Israel mentality on college campuses, Daniel Pipes spearheads a website intended to expose these evil-talkers and set the record straight. Part of this endeavor is the establishment of an...

Extra! Extra! Read all about it! (News And Notes).(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... It seems that Pipes has somewhat reversed course and will remove the dossiers from the website. He has not backed down from the idea that certain professors need their wings clipped. Political correctness is supposedly something only the...

Da do Enron. (News And Notes).(corporate corruption)
September 22, 2002... The origin of recent "corporate shenanigans"--and isn't that a catchy phrase (a GOOGLE search found 2760 hits), akin to calling Bonnie and Clyde "monetary transfer specialists"--has just become clearer. The Seven Deadly Sins? Pride: yup. Envy:...

Where are we now? (News And Notes).(historians using aural and visual media in the classroom)
September 22, 2002... Has the revolution lost its momentum, its energy, its sense of adventure? The percentage of innovators in teaching history may have increased, but I suspect not greatly. The number of historians integrating visual and aural media into their...

Is it dodo time? (News And Notes).(using computers in education)
September 22, 2002... There are people out there writing the obituary for computer-assisted education: see Larry Cuban, Oversold and Underused: Computers in the Classroom (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2001). If this is true, we need to do a lot of...

Collector's item. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... You hold in your hands the penultimate issue of History Computer Review. Founded in 1985 as History Microcomputer Review, this publication began when the Macintosh and IBM PC were young punks, fighting for turf with the Apple II and brands long...

But not quite yet. (News And Notes).
September 22, 2002... HCR still has money in the kitty. We are not tired of this enterprise, only running out of articles to print. So here's the deal: we are going to print a final issue free to all current subscribers. (Or, if there's a sudden flurry of...

Departing colleagues. (News And Notes).(Brief Article)
September 22, 2002... Two valued participants in this enterprise have decided the press of other responsibilities requires a reallocation of time and that they must now part company with History Computer Review. Both have added significantly to the usefulness of...

Teaching world history with computers: why I do it and what's involved.
September 22, 2002... ABSTRACT: How can a computer help teach a course in world history more effectively? Pressed by colleagues who had just this question--along with a host of additional silent reservations about what they might be getting themselves in for--Tucker...

Imagining history in cyberspace: report on a work in progress. (Net Survey).
September 22, 2002... For the past two years, students and faculty in the Public History Program at Wright State University have collaborated with area museums and archives to plan an online digital exhibit, "Making Progress: Living and Working in Ohio's Miami...

Ohio history and the new media: teaching and research with the world wide web. (Net Survey).
September 22, 2002... ABSTRACT: Over the past decade significant online resources have become available for scholars who specialize in the study and teaching of Ohio history. Foremost among these are websites developed in whole or in part by the Ohio Historical...

Designing interactive courseware: creating an electronic edition of the notes of debates in the Philadelphia Convention of 1787.
September 22, 2002... ABSTRACT In order to help others considering ways in which to deal with texts longer than a page--unfortunately a bete noire among web cognoscenti--this article explores in detail the choices made in creating an electronic edition of the notes...

Liberation and Change: the Late 20th Century (1945 to Present): History Through Literature Series (School Edition).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Publisher: Zane Publishing, Inc., 2425 Arbuckle Street, Dallas Texas 75229-4506 and CLEARVUE/eav, 6465 North Avondale, Chicago, Illinois 60631. Published: 1999. Materials included: CD, User Guide, and Features List. Price: $95.00....

A Wheel of Memory: The Hereford Mappamundi.(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Author: Naomi Reed Kline, Professor of Art, Plymouth State College in New Hampshire. Publisher: The University of Michigan Press, www.press.umich.edu, 839 Greene Street, P. O. Box 1104, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1104; 734-764-4388 (phone),...

World Wars and the Quest for Order: The Early 20th Century (1900 to 1955): History Through Literature Series (School Edition).(Book Review)
September 22, 2002... Publisher: Zane Publishing, Inc., 2425 Arbuckle Street, Dallas, Texas 75229-4506 and CLEARVUE/eav, 6465 North Avondale, Chicago, Illinois 60631. Published: 1999. Materials included: CD, Features List, and User Guide. Price:...

MacAddict.
September 22, 2002... Software: Pittelkau, Jeff. "It's Time to Switch," MacAddict (February 2002), 20-28. The author discusses switching from OS 9 to OS X. He provides a guide to the system basics, to networking and the Internet, to installing and using...

MacHome.
September 22, 2002... David L. Dykstra, 16914 Hillard Street, Poolesville, Maryland 20837; dykstradl@aol.com. Software, CDs: Leyden, Patrick. "NORTON ANTIVIRUS 8.0," MacHome (June 2002), 25. Some capabilities of earlier versions are missing, but this standard...

MacWorld.
September 22, 2002... Software, CDs: Bojorquez, Tony. "Midrange Flatbed Scanner," MacWorld (April 2002), 30-31. Scanners are no longer high-priced peripherals that only graphics professionals need to use. Instead, they are readily available for under $400 and...

PC World.(Bibliography)
September 22, 2002... John E. Weakland, Department of History, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana 47306. Software: Campbell, George. "The Write Stuff," PC World (February 2002), 93-98 passim. In this article, the author gives fifteen useful tips for getting...