Reviews four CD-ROM titles: (1) "The Way Things Work" provides explanations of machines and scientific principles that make them work; (2) "Stowaway" teaches about intricacies of an 18th-century warship; (3) "Explorapaedia: The World of Nature" teaches about plants, animals, ecosystems, and universe; and (4) "My…

Describes the three levels of interactive video and what is known about its instructional effectiveness. Lists 33 videodiscs available for science education. Discusses the uses of interactive video in science teaching. (MVL)

Question and answer column about the CD ROM medium discusses: (1) optical storage devices available; (2) language teaching applications; (3) types of courseware available; (4) costs to hook up a CD ROM drive as a peripheral to an existing system; (5) how to go about developing and mastering a disk; and (6) mastering and replication costs.…

Provides an overview of the capabilities and potential educational applications of CD-ROM (compact disk read-only memory), artificial intelligence, and speech technology. Highlights include reference materials on CD-ROM; current developments in CD-I (compact disk interactive); synthesized and digital speech for microcomputers, including specific…

The Internet, World Wide Web, and CD-Roms appear to have the potential to help meet higher education recruitment managers' needs to recruit better students while reducing costs for their institutions. No one is certain where technological innovation will lead, but they are altering enrollment managers' practices and organizations. (Author/MKA)

Presents multicultural materials that are useful for elementary, secondary, and college audiences. The selections represent quality electronic and microfilm products that can help educators, librarians, and researchers better understand ethnic and racial diversity nationally and internationally. Includes CD-ROM, CD/Web-based, Web-based, and…

Defines features of multimedia (hypermedia, interaction, and user control) and discusses keys to multimedia (personal computers and CD-ROMs). Focuses on use of multimedia technology to bring authentic settings to classrooms via connections to activities outside the classroom. Sidebars present major categories of multimedia CD-ROM software and…

Presents new forms of information technologies (e-mail, CD-ROM, WWW) that can be used in distance education and lead to "global classrooms." Contrasts these forms with traditional distance education, and compares them with regard to social dimensions, and dimensions of sensorial modality and productivity. Discusses global classrooms from…

Presents reviews of four CD-ROM products developed by Scholastic Books, Inc. Maintains that each of the programs makes extensive use of primary sources and heighten student interest. Discusses products that cover Greek mythology, the sinking of the "Titanic," Malcolm X, and immigrants at Ellis Island. (CFR)