Episodes

12 episodes in this season

Getting Started

30 min

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Ready Made Programs

30 min

How Programs Work

29 min

File and Data Management

29 min

Communication Between Computers

29 min

Computer Languages

29 min

Computer-Assisted Instruction

29 min

Simulations and Games

29 min

Computer Graphics

29 min

E10

Computer Music

29 min

E11

Computers at Work

29 min

E12

What Next?

30 min

The Academy

TV Series

198330m

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Ready Made Programs

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Feb 23, 1983

In this episode, we touch on the issues of computer architecture and software compatibility, and how software is loaded into and saved from the computer. It also includes a panel discussion involving an instructional computing specialist, a (particularly interesting) editor-teacher-consultant, a lawyer, and an educator-consultant, and covering ready-made software, what makes a program good, how one might settle on a microcomputer, the balance between passive use of the computer as an appliance versus active/creative use through programming, the balance of 'serious' and entertaining uses of the computer (and the intersection of entertainment and education), and the role of local user groups.

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The Academy

TV Series

198330m

Documentary

Now playing

Ready Made Programs

Season 1 · Episode 2 · Feb 23, 1983

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