Acorn Opens Up Horizons in Hampshire 

Embargo Release Date 20th January 1993 

Acorn Computers is sponsoring a group of 45 schools in and around Hampshire 
as part of an integrated media project in education. 

The Horizon Project aims to deliver some thirty multimedia applications 
built by teachers and will also demonstrate the power of multimedia in the 
hands of pupils in aged from five to 18.  At the end of the year-long 
project a report will be written on the creation of multimedia applications 
and the integration of different types of media in curriculum-related 
subjects. 

Acorn's initial sponsorship of over #50,000 has helped the schools involved 
acquire equipment and expertise with which to start authoring their 
particular projects. Two software packages - Genesis from Oak Solutions and 
Magpie from Longman Logotron - are being used as the principal authoring 
media and investigation is being made into the possible uses of input 
sourcing equipment such as scanners, digitisers, sound samplers, genlock 
cards and other devices. 

Horizon enables the material developers  to design their packages in 
response to the National Curriculum. These projects address specific links 
at particular attainment targets within such subject areas as modern 
languages, technology, history, english, science, geography and maths. 

Each package is being written to encourage pupils to ask questions, make 
deductions and to search for answers away from the computer. Pupils are 
actively encouraged to become involved in the learning process and 
interactivity is a key feature. 

It is expected that the Horizon project will run until September 1993. 

ENDS 

Further information from Rachel Pullen, Acorn Computers, Tel 0223 254254 

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