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- High-tech fries and computer campouts. Mundell, Helen // American Demographics;Dec93, Vol. 15 Issue 12, p25
Reports that people are finding more and more ways to use high-tech equipment in their everyday lives. News by fax; Faxed lunch orders; Computer campouts for children.
- Machine shops for the '90s. McKee, Bradford // Nation's Business;Sep92, Vol. 80 Issue 9, p10
Recommends four new how-to guides for small machine shops feeling pressure to automate, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Key issues addressed in the set, called `Shop of the '90s'; Cost and purchase information.
- Dealing with technology. // Newsweek;1/20/1986, Vol. 107 Issue 3, p10
Opinion. We're fooling ourselves if we think learning to use technology is all there is to it. Each advance comes with a cultural price tag, and we'd do well to keep in mind that it may be a price we're unwilling to pay.
- Why community education must embrace technology now. // Education Digest;Dec91, Vol. 57 Issue 4, p60
Presents a condensed article by Terilyn Turner from the `Community Education Journal,' concerning communities unbounded by time or space. Living in a global community; The goal is to redefine community, so that it can address the multitude of needs people confront daily; Achieving through...
- Technology in classrooms: `That's edutainment!' Trotter, A. // Education Digest;Jan1992, Vol. 57 Issue 5, p3
States that educators have seen a procession of clever and colorful products that blur what formerly was almost a commonsense distinction between schoolwork and play. Blurry labels of `edutainment' and `infotainment'; Cites example of Texas, and its state board of education; Textbook funds to...
- Meaningful student interaction matters more than technology. Thomas, D. // Education Digest;Jan1992, Vol. 57 Issue 5, p12
Presents an article from `Teacher Magazine' which observes that while technology opens doors, it does not compel us to enter. The author's experience at a conference for computer-using educators; Awed by technology; Multimedia, as the promise of compelling instruction; Technology can exercise a...
- Removing barriers of social organization in schooling so technology can aid restructuring. Ray, D. // Education Digest;Jan1992, Vol. 57 Issue 5, p14
Present an article for `The Computer Teacher,' which recounts the author's 18-month research project to better understand how technology relates to school restructuring. Details of the project; Barriers to using technology to assist restructuring can be attributed to the social organization of...
- State communication systems. Tice, Terrence N. // Education Digest;Sep92, Vol. 58 Issue 1, p47
Notes that since telecommunications continues to grow as a medium of instruction in schools, some states have begun to plan for its use. Survey by Richard T. Hezel in a 1991 issue of `Tech Trends'; Results from an Annenberg Project; Unclear extent of evaluation and monitoring for quality.
- Building technological bridges. Allen, Denise // Teaching Pre K-8;Apr94, Vol. 24 Issue 7, p16
Looks at new products that link technology to human relations, environmental studies and literature. `Big Changes, Big Choices,' a set of 12 videos which explores feelings and relationships of middle school students; Puddles to Pondwater from NIAD Corporation, a software product about animals...
- The factory of the future. // Consumers' Research Magazine;Jul86, Vol. 69 Issue 7, p25
Computer Assisted Design (CAD), Computer Assisted Machining (CAM), and Computer Assisted Engineering (CAE) will ultimately lower labor costs, improve quality and give manufacturers a chance to make an ever-increasing variety of products suited to the customer's specifications. INSET: A visit to...
