An educator reviews IBM's newest entry into the educational market--a program that promises to teach kindergartners and first graders reading through writing. The program consists of four separate activities through which students are cycled. Brief descriptions of these activities and list of hardware needed are also provided. (JN)

Describes and lists currently available software useful in social studies classes. Such software (including spreadsheets, databases, survey questionnaires) helps students apply quantitative methods and information-handling skills that are currently used in solving complex real-world problems. (JN)

Presents activities and procedures to help students use a spreadsheet program in their studies of mathematics and finance. Examples are provided for VisiCalc since the program is easy to learn and is available for many different computers. (JN)

Considers whether microcomputers are useful merely as tools to teach "the basics" or whether they will help define new basics, important skills that educators have been neglecting entirely. Provides descriptions of software (including "Baffles," which enables children to become practitioners of the scientific method) involving students in…