Facts on file; a hard look at software

Article Abstract:

CD-ROM technology is allowing schools to enter the prohibitively high-cost multimedia at a reduced rate. Apple, IBM and Headstart Technologies Inc are manufacturing CD-ROM disks priced that can hold the same amount of information as 1,500 floppy disks. The cost of CD-ROM players is still relatively high, from $500 to $1,000. One multimedia disk incorporates the entire contents of an encyclopedia, with articles, pictures and sound effects. Other products include Microsoft Bookshelf, $295, a combination of the American Heritage Dictionary, Roget's II Electronic Thesaurus, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, the World Almanac and Book of Facts, the Chicago Manual of Style, a spelling checker and grammar consultant a zip code directory and other reference works; US History, $295, a reference of US history from the 1600s; and the Time Table of Science and Innovation, $185.

Prerecorded records and tapes, Evaluation, Educational software, CD-ROM, CD-ROM disks

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Top executives seeking more from technology

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A survey by Computerworld and Andersen Consulting of more than 200 top-level company executives reveals that 81 percent are using computers to do their daily work, more than double the percentage of a survey done in 1989. The survey also showed that there is a consistent and persistent gap between what the respondents think they get and what they perceive the get. More than half of the respondents think they are not getting what they paid for. Many executives expect employee productivity to rise when using computers but it has not, according to some measures. One explanation put forward for the business executives' failed expectations is the lack of communication between chief executives and their technical officers. Information systems executives are steeped in technology issues while chief executives are focused on business and financial issues.

Management, Column, Corporations, Chief executive officers, Technology, MIS, Management information systems, Industrial productivity, Executive, Productivity, Survey, Computer systems

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Sensory overload

Article Abstract:

Multimedia technology may have a significant role in the education of school-age children who were raised on television. Multimedia, the combination of hardware, software and applications that results in video display, high-resolution graphics, animation and sound on a microcomputer, can make learning into entertainment. Microprocessors are the power behind multimedia technology. Apple is leading the market, with educational applications based on Hypercard for Macintosh microcomputers. Apple is considered primitive to the next generation of technology that is soon to hit the market. Problems with the technology include a lack of high-quality multimedia software, a difficult learning curve and high cost.

Electronic computers, Multimedia technology, Multimedia systems, Market Analysis

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