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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN LIMA
NEWSLETTER VARIOUS TIMES IN 1983
by Jack Sughure
P.O. Box 459
East Douglas MA 01516
TI-101, a series of eight longish
articles on the educational use of
the 99/4a for learners of all ages,
is written by Jack Sughrue, author of
the NEW-AGE 99 series.
The first of this series is
listed on this disk as "#1CORPUS" and
is a historical background to the
stuff leading up to the ways
computers and the TI, in particular,
could be used successfully and
ingeniously in the classroom or at
home. There is also an extensive
address listing of many "educational"
people still active in our TI world.
Look the article over, and, if
you think you could use this series
(TI-101) then feel free to use it.
The other articles begin by
exploring holism up to the ways
computers can be used in the class.
Then I show the variety of ways the
TI can be an important part of any
child's education (any adults, too)
by giving many specific applications
through modules, disks, books,
newsletters, and tapes and even
combinations of all (and not
discounting direct applications in
the form of programming).
Basically, the series is to make
the TI new to new users: our
children, grandchildren, nieces &&
nephews, friends, whoever. But
mostly to LEARNERS of all ages (many
of whom are new or have forgotten the
glories of the "Educational TI" or
might not have been aware of all that
was and IS available for the learner
on our wonderful computer.) Our
"Educational President" failed the
nation's children badly in that
category, but our "Educational
Computer" - the TI-99/4A - far
exceeded (and still does) any
competition. That's what these
articles are about: a remarkable,
viable, educational tool.
The format of the articles I
simply couldn't resist as a teacher.
They all take place in a college
classroom. The course is "TI-101"
and the professor imparts information
in preparation for some test in the
future. He also assigns lots of
homework and notetaking along the
way. Each "class" builds upon the
previous one, and the "lectures" are
titled and numbered: HOLISM is #2,
DOCENT #3, ROOTS #4, MCGUFFEY'S #5,
etc. (through all eight).
If you print them, please give
"originally appeared in" credit to
"BITS, BITES && PIXELS," Lima, Ohio,
and please place me on you newsletter
mailing list. Thank you. JACK
SUGHRUE, Box 459, East Douglas, MA
01516. (The material on this disk is
Public Domain. It is free, gratis,
zilch, and NO FEES MAY BE CHARGED FOR
THIS MATERIAL! But please keep all
12 files intact on any disk you pass
on. Thank you.
NOTE: Keep this disk in DSK1 when
you print out these articles through
your FUNNELWEB FORMATTER.
Files "3" and "C-3" will
automatically do the formatting
(including running the 40 columns
nicely into 80 and all the
underlining, etc.) These two files
are part of my PLUS! environment and
will work with any text files using
these standard coding items. (For
more on PLUS! see "COMMERCIAL" on
this disk.)
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COMMERCIAL
PLUS! (Version 2.0; the FINAL
version) is almost 1400 sectors of
pure environmental dynamite. It is
well over twice the size of the
original PLUS! and twice as potent.
And now, lower priced than ever!
You may receive PLUS! (including
the hardcopy materials) from the
author (Jack Sughrue, Box 459, East
Douglas MA 01516) for only $7.50,
postage paid. PLUS! is also offered
as Groupware, and that price is also
reduced. A group may purchase PLUS!
outright for $20 for ALL the members
of your group. And then use it as a
fundraiser at $5 a pop, as a raffle,
as a freebie for membership renewal,
as a ???? The author asks only that
you maintain group integrity. Do not
sell to non-members, as this is the
standard Groupware request.
PLUS! (the earlier versions) were
given an A+ by MICROpendium. In
addition to standardizing the word
processing codes (so you can
underline, doublestrike, whatever
with single keystrokes), PLUS! has
templates for letter writing and all
sorts of automatic formatting. The
INSTA programs (INSTAlabel,
INSTAdump, etc.) are models of TI
efficiency and practically turn your
machine into a mini RAM disk with
high speed. The highly-praised
personalized 3-column cataloguer
prints a multi-featured,
envelope-sized catalog of up to the
127-file TI maximum.
The world's tiniest working word
processor (1 line) is also part of
PLUS!, as are word counters, DV/80
auto printers, Pig-Latin writer,
cursor creator, all kinds of built in
personalized calendar programs,
columnizers, graphic programs,
templates, data files, pictures,
codes, and an extensive
manual/tutorial.
Although the vast majority of
files are original to PLUS! and can
be found nowhere else, the addition
of excellent PD and permitted
copyright files makes this final
version of PLUS! the TI Bargain of
THIS Century and an environment that
will last you well into the next.
Send $7.50 (or $20 for group) for
complete disk and text materials
(specify DSSD or SSSD) to Jack
Sughrue, Box 459, East Douglas MA
01516.
Thank you.