science classes can access up-to-the-minute NASA data for
a project.
the school district wanted entire classes to be able to use the
computers at one time
t invested in laptops, which are easily shared
among classes on the same floor.
teachers use a remote control
to access video, satellite, cable and laser- disc technology from the
school district's media distribution center without leaving their students.
The system delivers information where and when it's needed, and we get
the most value for the dollars spent,"
Many believe schools like Red Hook's are the future of education.
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hooked up to the Internet by 2001.
In the 1996-97
school year, 6.3 million computers were used for instruction in U.S. public
schools, a whopping 186-percent increase from just five years earlier,
according to the most recent figures from Market Data Retrieval, which
surveys schools on technology use.
more computers means fewer kids sharing each one--an average of 7.3
students per computer in 199697, compared with 19.2 students per terminal
just five years earlier, according to Market Data Retr
78 percent of public schools had at least
one computer hooked up to the Internet, as did 27 percent of classrooms,
up from only 3 percent of classrooms in 1994,