Discussion of new educational media and technology focuses on producing and delivering computer-based digital video. Highlights include video standards, including international standards and aspect ratio; camera formats and features, including costs; shooting digital video; editing software; compression; and a list of informative Web sites. (LRW)

Investigates the effects of realism and perceived control on student satisfaction with the SuperShrink interview. Compares active/passive and computer/hardcopy conditions. Findings show students rate the computer versions as more satisfying. Suggests computers are superior to hardcopy simulations of human interactions. (Author/NL)

Hypermedia technology represents a new and extremely significant paradigm for future computer use--a technology capable of bringing to cognitive tasks powerful new ways for creating and using biomedical information. Hypermedia's potential role in the academic environment is discussed. (Author/MLW)

Discusses desktop video, including its use as an educational tool; interactivity; teleconferencing; equipment requirements; the role of the TBC (time-based corrector) which adjusts incoming video signals and retimes them; creating graphics; transmitting live video over the Internet; Edit Decision List software; hardware requirements; and digital…

Describes a computer program that can model the equilibrium processes in the production of ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen, sulfur trioxide from sulfur dioxide and oxygen, and the nitrogen dioxide-dinitrogen tetroxide equilibrium. Provides information about downloading the program ChemEquilibrium from the World Wide Web. (JRH)

Examines the issue of technology in education as the vehicle whereby an educational-industrial complex is evolving. Presents background information on the introduction of technology in education; technology suppliers and the education market; the educational-industrial complex (hardware, software, services, and private education companies);…

A CD-I disk entitled "KLEINBILD-FOTOGRAPHIE" published with an interactive course in photography is examined as an example of a multimedia educational program. Topics include multimedia in the twenty-first century; possibilities and limitations of CD-I; a description of the program; and its psychological perspectives in terms of…

Describes the Space Shuttle Commander software package, which utilizes the dynaturtle microworld to teach elementary and middle school students about Newton's laws of motion. Design considerations for computer-based microworlds that represent a compromise between the philosophies of constructivism and direct instruction are presented. (91…

IBM has more than 750 partnerships benefiting K-12 schools. Those with a vocational focus include (1) testing of LinkWay, a multimedia instructional system, in technical schools; (2) Vocational and Technical Schools Series, software developed for vocational schools; and (3) High School Cooperative Program, paid work experience at IBM for business…

Presents ideas for incorporating software into each guided reading phase for two realistic fiction books: Lois Lowry's "Anastasia on Her Own" and Barthe DeClements's "The Fourth Grade Wizards." Discusses how each skeletal plan uses three pieces of software to enliven students' oral and written thoughts about the books'…

Describes Project SYNERGY, a multi-year, multi-institutional collaborative project designed to address the problems of underprepared college students. Analyzes three major components of the project: faculty development, technology products, and outcomes evaluation. Contains two figures. (JDI)

Presents an activity using dynamic-geometry system software to create an environment in which all students can explore and extend the locus definition of conics. (ASK)

Discusses the issue of proof in school geometry and views dynamic software as an excellent tool for exploration in geometry classes, mathematical practice, and for helping students see that a theorem is true. Argues that justification without proof would be untrue to the theory and practice of mathematics. Contains 32 references. (ASK)

Describes Internet Relay Chats (IRCs), electronic conversations over the Internet that allow multiple users to write messages, and their applications to educational settings such as teacher collaboration and conversations between classes. Explains hardware and software requirements, IRC organization into nets and channels, and benefits and…

Lists hardware, software, and network connections needed for basic videoconferencing; outlines steps in initiating collaborative videoconferencing projects between students in different schools; and describes a videoconferencing project developed by fourth-grade teachers in two elementary schools in Tampa (Florida). Lists resources for further…