Integrating telecommunications into education

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Preface = ⅸ
• 1 Telecommunications in Today's World = 1
• The Information Age = 2
• The Development of Telecommunications = 4
• Banking and Other Financial Services = 6
• Shopping Services = 7
• Applications in Business and Industry = 7
• Travel Services = 9
• Research and Higher Education = 9
• Precollege Education = 11
• References = 12
• PART Ⅰ GETTING ONLINE = 13
• 2 A Telecommunications Primer = 13
• Getting Started = 14
• Intermediate Telecommunications Skills = 30
• Beyond the Basics = 38
• 3 Simulations and Local Services = 39
• Simulations and Electronic Mail Programs = 39
• The Transition to Actual Online Experiences = 41
• Available Functions on Local Bulletin Boards = 42
• Uploading and Downloading = 52
• Examples of Educationally Oriented Bulletin Board Systems = 55
• Helping Students to Log On to a Bulletin Board = 57
• Starting Your Own Bulletin Board System = 58
• References = 61
• 4 Commercial Services: Online Databases and National Services = 62
• Benefits of Commercial Database Services = 63
• Choosing an Online Database System = 64
• Classroom Use = 67
• Databases and National Networks = 70
• Carrier Services = 78
• Questions We Must Ask Ourselves = 79
• References = 79
• PART Ⅱ SCHOOL APPLICATIONS = 81
• 5 Language Arts, Bilingual Education, and Foreign Language Teaching = 81
• Teaching of English Language Arts = 82
• Bilingual Education = 100
• Foreign Language Teaching = 105
• Conclusions = 109
• References = 112
• 6 Science and Social Studies = 115
• Teaching Science = 115
• Accessing Information on Science, Health, and Technology = 116
• Accessing Weather Information = 117
• Sharing Information = 118
• Using Telecommunications to Support Science Teaching = 118
• Communicating about Science and Issues Relating to Science = 120
• Collaborative Research Projects = 122
• Teaching Social Studies = 130
• Using Databases and Information Services = 130
• Sharing Ideas and Information = 131
• Collaborative Projects = 134
• Interactive Computer Simulations = 135
• How Telecommunications Enhances Science an Social Studies Education = 136
• References = 137
• 7 Managing Telecommunications = 139
• Preparing the Groundwork = 140
• Strategies for Gaining Support = 141
• Follow-through Planning = 144
• References = 151
• PART Ⅲ ADVANCED TOPICS = 152
• 8 Technical Considerations = 152
• Hardware-Related Information = 153
• Software-Related Information = 159
• Communications Software Features = 171
• 9 On the Horizon: Promising Technologies and Methodologies = 179
• Advances in Telecommunications = 179
• Distance Initiatives = 193
• Recent Initiatives = 198
• Computing in the Year 2000 = 204
• Creating Global Classrooms = 204
• References = 206
• Resource Section = 208
• Glossary = 221
• Index = 225