> D Shniad, > > Don't blame the new technology on the reactionary content of virtual > history. The traditional media were just as bad. > > Actually, the new media presents for the first time a realistic opportunity > for alternative histories. While digital media (or what is called CBT in > the corporate world) must be very well done if it is to be effective, which > costs money, it costs on the order of $4 to reproduce CD ROM disks. With > a bit of cooperation, it would not be all that difficult to produce US > history, West Civ. or World History from a labor perspective and then > distribute it to schools at a fraction of the cost of hard cover texts. > > My own interest is in a web interface for educational purposes. There's > actually a good deal less self-contained distance learning education > that uses that means, but a year or two from now we will see a significant > percentage of higher education carried out in this way (for better or > worse, I'll admit). Once an on-line resource is created (not child's play > if it is to be effective), it is almost costless to distribute the world > over, and it can be constantly updated and improved. > > There's always been room for a dramatically different and vigorous > working-class perspective on history, but there have been constraints > on putting it forward as an alternative. Current economic trends are > about to create a window of opportunity. > > > Haines Brown > > Hartford Web Publishing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
