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Riedl, Richard – Computing Teacher, 1986
Describes a student magazine publishing project in which the participating junior high school students accessed the information utility, CompuServe, to gather current and accurate background information for their magazine articles. Student use of CompuServe is described, and the value and costs of using CompuServe are discussed. (MBR)
Descriptors: Costs, Information Retrieval, Information Sources, Information Utilization
Carpenter, Calvin L. – Computing Teacher, 1992
Discussion of the use of telecommunications in the social studies curriculum focuses on three main areas: (1) searching and reading information in databases, including the appropriate use of commercial database services; (2) electronic mail and bulletin boards; and (3) the role of the telecomputing teacher. (five references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Retrieval
