NewsBytes

According to an article in the October issue of Electronic
Learning, results of a nationwide survey of 40,000 schools
found that economic hard times had not curbed the purchase and
use of new technologies.  Of the schools surveyed:
    
     --  2,600 plan to increase software purchases
     --  2,400 plan to increase videodisc purchases
     --  7,500 use videodiscs
     --  6,000 use CD-ROM
     --  8,700 have Local Area Networks
     --  19,000 use modems

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