Document Type
Issue Area One
Abstract
Telecommunications first came to Monticello when I set up an online Bulletin Board System (BBS) at Carpenter Elementary. The year was 1984, and very few schools, or individuals, were prepared for educational telecommunications. The BBS was called "Atlantis." I named it that because of the legend of the lost city of antiquity. It was to be a source of information and knowledge as was the mythical city of Atlantis.
Dr. Gordon Cook, my elementary principal, and Dr. David Lane, our superintendent, were very supportive of this venture, as they were both educational visionaries.
I designed Atlantis to allow for file transfers, electronic mail, and message boards. The areas included each subject of a basic K-12 curriculum. Atlantis remained active for about four years, and I served as the system operator.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
5
Issue
3
First Page
19
Last Page
22
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1995 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and the University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Furino, Robert
(1995)
"Telecommunications in a Monticello Elementary Classroom: Its Genesis and Its Effects,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 5:
No.
3, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol5/iss3/10
