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ERIC Number: EJ405645
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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KITES: A Middle School Environmental Science Telelink to West Germany.
LeBaron, John; Teichmann, Virginia
Educational Technology, v29 n12 p51-53 Dec 1989
Describes KITES (Kids Interactive Telecommunications Experience by Satellite), a cooperative program that involved an eighth grade class in Massachusetts and a ninth grade class in West Germany; the program focused on environmental science and English language instruction. The computer technology used is described, problems are discussed, and suggestions for future plans are offered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, English (Second Language), Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Grade 8, Grade 9, International Programs, Problems, Secondary Education, Teleconferencing
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United States; West Germany