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WV schools display high-tech advances

THE FUTURE has arrived for West Vancouver School District 45 students.

By Kevin Gillies Contributing Writer

On Monday, Nov. 23, @ range of high-tech equipment was pres- ented to West Vancouver parents, teachers and school trustees at Cedardale Centre.

“That’s what the focus is going to be: how will a student benefit from technology?’’ District 45 secretary-treasurer Len Archer said.

He introduced the audience to the exhibit by quoting noted economist and author George Guilder, who said: ‘Sand and glass are enabling the golden age for education.”’

By sand and glass, Guilder was referring to the microchip and fibre-optics industries.

Advances in these technologies “will bring about a million-fold rise in the cost-effectiveness of computers and communications in the next decade,”’ Archer said.

“In a small way, we've begun to adopt some of those changes."

The first technology Archer in- troduced was the district’s pilot study on voke mail.

The service connects parents to teachers daily through a recorded message that can be heard over the phone.

Voice mail was recently put into service at ‘Vest Bay elementary schoo! as part of a pilot project between District 45 and B.C. Tel.

Around 85% of parents use the service regularty to find out about daily classroom activities, upcom- ing events and students’ homework.

To equip the whole district. with voice mail would cost approxi- mately $10,000.

Archer also displayed an elec- tronic mail system.

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He illustrated its possibilities by communicating back and forth with Guilder, who was in Min- neapolis, throughout the pres- entation.

He demonstrated computer communications by showing some of the programs that West Van- couver students have either al- ready had direct contact with, or soon will.

“What we've arranged with the B.C. Forest Service is the ability, at this point, to dial into their system, which will allow us to ex- tract certain information,’ Archer said.

Examples shown were wind pat- terns, temperature, lightning strikes, and geography for B.C.

SFU marketing student Joy Villa presented IBM’s interactive system, Multimedia and Educa-

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Removed from vehicle in park- ing lot. Stolen: black convertible top, spare tire and fog lamp. Stolen: 1,200. 1200-blk. Chartwell Dr.

Driver’s side window smashed. Stolen: stereo and equalizer. Value: $1,100. 2100-bik. Bellevue.

Passenger door cheated. Stolen: Alpine stereo, AM/FM cassette, sunglasses, and Contax camera. Value: $1,860. 1400-bik. Fulton Ave.

Garage entered by removing fibreglass panel. Keys left in vehi- cle. Stoien: '83 Porsche 944. Re- covered in Vancouver. Extensive damage.

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Entry gained to storage locker. Stolen: ski equipment. 1000-bIk. Deep Cove Rd.

Entry gained through bedroom window. Stolen: Walkman, clock radio and remote control car.

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tion.

The system allows its user to select whichever direction he of she wants the lesson to take.

lt can provide a definition of Shakespearian language, a solilo- quy by a famous actor, or a cri- tique or interpretation from leading scholars.

The software relies on four main components — video, text, audio, and graphics — to present a lesson.

The two main. software packages — ‘‘Columbus: En- counter, Discovery and Beyond”’ and ‘‘INuminated Books and Manuscripts’”> — come in laser discs the size of LP albums.

Featured in the presentation were some of the latest develop- ments in computer hardware.

The Sony Dataman, no larger than a movie video, uses compact discs to store information, and can put an entire encyclopedia in the palm of your hand.

Archer also showed an assort- ment of notebook computers, one of which plugged in and out of a desktop computer as though it were a floppy disk.

A computerized camera that is capable of transferring its images onto a monitor or onto paper through a printer was also dem- onstrated.