School tools: learning can begin with the click of a mouse

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A guide to some of the best educational CD-ROMS for children is presented. Recommended titles include Orly's Draw-a-Story, Interactive Math Journey, Logic Quest, Voyage Through the Solar System, ABC World Reference 3D Atlas 97, Microsoft Bookshelf 98 and ChemLab.

Purchasing, Evaluation, Educational software, Web sites (World Wide Web), Web sites, Buyers Guide

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Wired to learn: technology is transforming education at a dizzying pace - but at what cost to quality?

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The proliferation of computers and technology in the classroom is transforming education. Some people think computers will improve educational standards, while others worry that the basics are being ignored and too much money is spent on wasteful technology.

Analysis, Canada, Schools, Computers and civilization, Computers and society

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High-tech glory or glorified play?

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Many schools are putting computers in classrooms and giving children Internet accounts. Many observers see this as a positive trend that introduces students to technology early in life. Others worry that children are becoming anti-social.

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