A new way: Doug Kirkpatrick has discovered the most exciting aspect of computers in the classroom: they change the way he teaches

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The University of California at Berkeley's Knowledge Integration Environment (KIE) is studying computers' impact on educational methods for younger students. Doug Kirkpatrick is an eight-grade science teacher in Walnut Creek, CA, who has worked with computers and KIE researchers since 1985. Kirkpatrick says the 16 donated Apple Macintosh LC II computers have enabled him to alter his teaching methods and become more effective. His students explore the World Wide Web and conduct lab experiments on specialized software. The technology has allowed Kirkpatrick to instill an exploratory approach to learning, rather than rote memorization of facts. Kirkpatrick helps students to solve practical problems while focusing on science. Computers, meanwhile, handles the mundane tasks of graphing and data recording.

Technology application, Technology in education

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Second firm to test Internet postal meeting

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StampMaster said the US Postal Service today will allow the start-up to test technology to sell postable over the Internet. The PC postage-metering technology testing will involve 21 individuals and small businesses in the Washington, DC, area, StampMaster said. The Postal Service, which awarded similar approval to E-Stamp in Mar 1998, declined to comment. Both companies's technologies aim to let small businesses pay for and print postage via a PC and standard printer. StampMaster, unlike E-Stamp, would not require additional hardware. The StampMaster offering allows customers to establish prepaid postage accounts on its server computers before logging on to the StampMaster Web site for each postage request. Users's PCs then would receive authorization from the StampMaster servers to print stamps.

Office machines, not elsewhere classified, Office Machinery Manufacturing, Postage Meters, Contracts, Contract agreement, United States. Postal Service, Company technology development, Postal service, Metered mail, Digital postage device, StampMaster Inc.

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