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- AUSA/Intros QuickTime Planning Guide
-
- Contact:
- Bill Keegan
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- (408) 974-5460
-
- Apple Introduces QuickTime Version Of
- Award-Winning Planning Guide For Educators
-
- DALLAS, Texas--June 15, 1992--Apple Computer, Inc. today unveiled its
- QuickTime version of Teaching, Learning & Technology--A Planning
- Guide, a comprehensive tool designed to help educators and school
- districts with their curriculum planning processes.
- QuickTime is Apple's technology that enables users to display and
- play video clips and sound on an Apple Macintosh personal computer.
- With the QuickTime version of the planning guide, users can create,
- edit and present educational plans--all on the same computer. Users
- can view any QuickTime video in a window on screen, or show the video
- as a full-screen slide presentation. For presentations to an
- audience, a projection device can also be added.
- With today's announcement, there are now three versions of Teaching,
- Learning & Technology--A Planning Guide. The Basic Kit is print-
- based and includes a videotape. The two computer-based interactive
- kits include the Basic Kit components, and allow users to combine
- audio and video segments with text to support the planning process.
-
- Specific elements of each version include:
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- 1) The Basic Kit
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- -- Teaching, Learning & Technology Workbook--a step-by-step
- planning tool that guides education professionals through the
- entire planning process while providing examples, case studies and
- numerous resource lists;
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- -- Plan Template Disk--formatted templates for organizing a plan;
-
- -- Workbook Duplication Masters--provides each planning team member
- with a workbook copy for collaborative activities;
-
- -- "Learning": Video--a series of educational dramatizations
- depicting possible classroom scenarios.
-
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- 2) Interactive Kit/Videodisc
-
- The Interactive Kit/Videodisc version includes all the elements of
- the Basic Kit plus:
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- -- Map--a guide to the audio, video and textual contents of the
- Interactive Kit;
-
- -- Quick Start--a "getting started" tutorial detailing how to
- organize the computer equipment;
-
- -- CD-ROM Disk--two hours of audio success stories featuring
- teachers and administrators discussing how to develop a viable plan
- for integrating technology into the curriculum;
-
- -- Videodisc--an hour of success stories and planning tips from
- schools across the country examining the role of technology in
- education.
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- 3) Interactive Kit/QuickTime
-
- The Interactive Kit/QuickTime version includes all the elements of
- the Basic Kit plus:
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- -- Interactive Planbook--an improved QuickTime version;
-
- -- Map--a guide to the audio, video and textual contents of the
- Interactive Kit;
-
- -- Notepad--lets users collect information for use in their plan;
-
- -- On-Screen Guide--points out available features to users
- throughout the planning process;
-
- -- Contextual help--instructs users how to use each feature when
- they're ready for it;
-
- -- CD-ROM Disk--contains the software and QuickTime versions of two
- hours of audio interviews and one hour of video clips of teacher/student
- technology success stories.
-
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- "We've created three different versions of the planning guide so
- educators can select the kit most appropriate to their individual
- settings and access to technology," said Sue Collins, Apple
- Computer's Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives and Education
- Reform. "Each version provides institutions, administrators or
- educators with flexible tools that help them with the curriculum
- planning process."
- Teaching, Learning & Technology--A Planning Guide has received two
- national awards this year for its design. The CINDY award, presented
- by the Association of Visual Communicators, was awarded in February
- to the planning guide in the Interactive Video and Multimedia
- category. A Silver Apple was awarded to the guide in May by the
- National Educational Film and Video Festival in the Interactive
- Media: Training/Information category.
-
- How to Order
-
- To order by phone, customers can call 1-800-3INTELL, Monday through
- Friday, 7:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Pacific time. To order by mail, write to:
- Intellimation, Inc.
-
- Library for the Macintosh, Dept. XJ
- P.O. Box 1922
- Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1922
-
- To order via AppleLink, send the order to address INTELL2.
-
- Cost/Availability/System Requirements
- The Interactive Kit/QuickTime version of the planning guide will be
- available in July 1992. The other two versions are available
- immediately.
- The Basic Kit costs $39 plus $3.00 for shipping and handling. The
- Plan Template Disk requires a Macintosh computer with MacWrite II
- software and a LaserWriter printer.
- The Interactive Kit/Videodisc version is $149, plus $12.00 shipping
- and handling. The Interactive Kit/Videodisc version requires a
- Macintosh LC or Macintosh II color system (with at least 2 megabytes
- of RAM, a hard disk and a monitor), a videodisc player, monitor and
- an Apple CD SC CD-ROM drive.
- The Interactive Kit/QuickTime version is $149, plus $12.00 shipping
- and handling. The Interactive Kit/QuickTime version requires a
- Macintosh color system with a hard disk, a color monitor,
- System 7 and at least 4 MB of RAM. An Apple CD SC or compatible
- CD-ROM drive is also required.
- Quantity discounts are available by calling Intellimation at (800)
- 325-7550. Please allow 4-to-6 weeks for delivery. For further
- information, contact your local Apple account executive or Apple
- Education Sales Consultant (AESC).
-
- Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Apple Computer, Inc. is a
- leading manufacturer of advanced personal computer systems, system
- software, and peripherals for education, business, government and the
- home.
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- Apple, the Apple logo, Macintosh, LaserWriter, Apple CD SC and
- AppleLink are registered trademarks and System 7 is a trademark of
- Apple Computer, Inc.
- MacWrite is a registered trademark of Claris Corporation.
- Library for the Macintosh is a registered trademark of Intellimation,
- Inc.
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