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ERIC Number: EJ440283
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1056-6325
Teaching History and Geography with FutureFone: A Computer Simulation of Telecommunications in the Year 2000.
Dodge, Bernard J.; And Others
Social Studies Review, v30 n3 p97-104 Spr 1991
Describes software programs available to social studies teachers. Focuses on FutureFone, a simulation of a telephone system of the year 2000 featuring online services likely to be widely available then, including geography, news, and history of the 1990s. Emphasizes that the program is designed to develop inductive analysis. (DK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Consumer Education, Courseware, Cultural Interrelationships, Futures (of Society), Geography Instruction, Induction, Learning Processes, News Media, Political Divisions (Geographic), Secondary Education, Social Studies, Technological Advancement, Telephone Communications Systems, Thinking Skills
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: FutureFone; Telephone 2000