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UNL's Teachers College b pectins a "soft"
approach to school sut,; sets.
W ard Sybouts, director of services for the collets,
said the college b selling software written by
teachers across Nebraska to be used on classroom
computers. .
The programs teach everything from mathemat
ics and chemistry to state history and spelling. A
solar system game teaches special education stu- '
dents to "deliver supplies to the inhabitants of a far
away planet." A "Dewey football" disc teaches stu
dents library skills through a simulated football ,
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. ' In its second year, the 'Nebraska Clearinghouse
for I'icro-corcputer Soliwrre- at" the Teachers Col
ic re has sold "more than COO dices to Nebraska
schools. S bouts said the discs are offered only to
schools or school districta
Each disc b sold for $10, which covers the cost of
the disc and mailing costs, Sybouts said.
The software packages are designed to stimulate
interest and to make subjects available on a po4
economic basis, he said. They also give recognition
to the people w ho wrote them, he said
The educational disks are not intended to replace
": the teacher, Sybouts said, but to supplement teach
ing and give students another option' for learning.
Sybouts said the xnaldnj cf the discs came about
alter the at
Rolcy in Education frer.d there is a read to help
teachers with such prcrams. ' . "
Sewn discs, each cf which ha3 up to 10 prcrae,
were liated in the code's first software cata!.:.
This winter a new catalog will come out with abot
35 new programs, he said. ' c'
Besides this software, the Teachers' College also
. designs and packages three management discs for
schools, Sybouts said. One package helps small
schools do scheduling, while another helps princi
pals keep attendance records, he said. The third
program is an accounting system that keeps stu
dent activities reccrcb, he said.
Sybouts said 35 to 40 small schools in Nebraska
use the scheduling program; 15 schools, the attend
ance disc; and 12 to 15; the accounting disc.
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defray the cost of writing them, he said.
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ie scheduling disc sells for $100, while the others
1 50 apiece, Sybouts said. The money Is used to
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scholar of African History, will be at vans: O-trieh Feathers rrcm Africa to
UNL Thursday and Friday, de is a Ladles Faahians." Tlxz lecture will be at
member of the Center ofWest African 12:0 p.m. in CldTathcr Hall CS3.
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