The Teacher and the Computer

Episode of Series “Living with Computers”.
Teacher, Anne McDougall, talks about the introduction of computers into education and the relationship of the teacher and the computer, a paper presented to the Junior World Computer Congress, Melbourne, October 16-18, 1980.

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Credits

producer

Australian Computer Society

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Appears in

Group of items

Living with Computers

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323550

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Computers

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1980