Plato Comes Home: The Grandaddy of Educational Networks Is Now Available to Home Users.

Watt, Dan

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ERIC Number: EJ295579

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Publication Date: 1984

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Plato Comes Home: The Grandaddy of Educational Networks Is Now Available to Home Users.

Watt, Dan

Popular Computing, v3 n6 p91-94 Apr 1984

Outlines the development of Plato, a unified computer system linking terminals to a central educational network; critically reviews Plato's new Homelink system which provides access to 273 games and lessons; and discusses its present capabilities and possible future improvements to make Homelink attractive to home users interested in educational software. (MBR)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Documentation, Home Programs, Improvement, Informal Assessment, Information Networks, Input Output Devices, Man Machine Systems, Microcomputers, Online Systems, Opinions, Participant Satisfaction, Program Descriptions

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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