STARDATA, The Education Connection
A program to assist both high school guidance departments and colleges in counseling college-bound students, STARDATA provides both a student profile database and an E-mail network.
Guidance departments can store and access information on students' college aspirations, academic and athletic records, and special attributes. Colleges can search the database for prospective students and inform students about courses, activities, financial aid, and scholarships. Through the E-mail system, members can communicate with one another.
The system is available nationwide, with a sales force established in 11 states. A subscription to the network costs $1500 per year for a high school or college, which allows enrollment of all students, or a high school may choose a direct student enrollment plan for $35 for each student.
For information contact STARDATA, 400 Interstate North Parkway, Suite 1035, Altanta, GA 30339; (404) 952-7827.
New Technologies for Education
New Technologies for Education, Ann E. Barron and Gary W. Orwig.
This beginner's guide introduces the new technologies being used in classrooms including CD-ROM, interactive video, digital audio, hypermedia, local area networks, telecommunications, and teleconferencing. Each chapter describes a new technology, discusses its advantages, disadvantages, and applications in education, and lists vendors and references. Detailed graphics are included.
Available from Libraries Unlimited, P.O. Box 6633, Englewood, CO 80155-6633. 1993. 209 pp. Paperbound. $27.50. $33 outside North America.
Classrooms Under the Influence
Classrooms Under the Influence: Reaching Early Adolescent Children of Alcoholics, Richard R. Powell, Janice Gabe, and Stanley Zehm.
This guide for middle school educators describes behaviors of adolescent children of alcoholics and suggests classroom strategies for identifying and helping these students. Strategies include how to listen and develop trust, how to utilize students' strengths, and how to build self-esteem.
Available from National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1904 Association Dr., Reston, VA 22091-1537. (800) 253-7746. 1994. 46 pp. Paperbound. $7.
The Canter Report
The Canter Report, Lee Canter & Associates.
This semiannual newsletter provides K–12 educators with information and lists of resources highlighting classroom discipline and school safety. Each issue contains a pull-out poster for classroom display and information on future Lee Canter workshops in classroom and school management.
Available from Lee Canter & Associates, Box 2113, Department CR, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2113. (800) 677-4791. 8 pp. Newsletter. Free.
Writing and Thinking with Computers
Writing and Thinking with Computers: A Practical and Progressive Approach, Rick Monroe.
This guide, written by an English teacher, describes how to integrate computers into the language arts classroom. Chapters explain how to set up a local area network, encourage teachers to expand their thinking on the uses of technology in the classroom and across disciplines, and provide sample lessons.
Available from National Council of Teachers of English, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801-1096. 1993. 121 pp. Paperbound. $16.95; NCTE members, $12.95.
