Hooking Up in the Heartland.

Moser, Penny Ward

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ERIC Number: EJ301901

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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Hooking Up in the Heartland.

Moser, Penny Ward

Discover, v5 n7 p81-84 Jul 1984

Forest City, Iowa is a town that has 700 computers for 2,400 people who use them for everything from kindergarten lessons to cutting fabrics and tracking pork belly futures. These and other educational and home uses of the computers are discussed. (JN)

Descriptors: Community Change, Community Characteristics, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Municipalities

Publication Type: Reports - General; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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