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THE MICHIGAN DAtLY
Thursday, May 13, 1971
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Computers
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Finally, there is the relatively
new area of computer-animated
movies, developed by Phillips
with an initial seed grant from
the University's Office of Re-
search Administration and a
subsequent one from the Na-
tional Science Foundation. Very
simply, a special camera is po-
sitioned in front of a CRT and,
by means of a computer hookup,
shoots one frame at a time as
each new picture is displayed on
the CRT.
By means of this process, Dr.
Henry Pollack and Michael Levy
of the geology department made
a film showing the general ero-
sion process of the Grand Can-
yon, compressing thousands of
years of geological activity into
a few minutes. In making the
film, Pollack extrapolated a one-
stream and a two-stream model
for the past few million years.
As plotted by the computer on
the basis of data on soil struc-
ture and rate of erosion, the
enhance 'Ii
two-stream model produced the
result which most-nearly ap-
proximated the present Grand
Canyon. Discounting program-
ming costs, which are negligible
if a student eager for experience
can be found, the film cost may
run as low as $25 for a two-mi's-
ute, 16 mm film.
While the film's use is almost
entirely for presentation, t h e
other two applications mention-
ed above overlap into the second
general area of allowing the stu-
dent to feel more free to experi-
ment and to repeat problems.
With some programs, the stu-
dent can even t a k e his own
theories and test them out
against s o m e sort of general
program.
One example of such a gen-
eral program is the one used by
economics Prof. Robert Hol-
brook in his macro-economics
class. The program simulates a
large capitalist economy, much
like-that of the United States.
Students are free to make quar-
terly changes in f o u r critical
variables, such as money sup-
ply, as they attempt to maintain
a smoothly running economy.
In the natural resources school,
Prof. James McFadden is work-
ing on a somewhat similar pro-
gram which will allow students
to attempt to develop successful
methods for long-term manage-
ment of a salmon fishery.
instruction
One of the myths surround-
ing student use of the computer
is that only science and engin-
eering majors possess sufficient
technical knowledge to operate
a terminal. But as already indi-
cated, an increasing number of
uses are being found for t h e
computer in the social sciences
and even the humanities. In the
latter area, one of the most in-
teresting projects currently in
operation is journalism Prof.
Robert Bishop's editorial analy-
sis program.
Begun in July 1969, Bishop's
project is now nearing the end
of its fourth semester in class-
room use. The course, Journal-
ism 301, is designee for sopho-
mores with little or no news-
paper writing experience. Un-
like Phillips' use of the com-
puter as something of an ad-
junct, Bishop makes it an inte-
gral part of the course.
One week, the students will
be given a mimeographed book-
let, written by Bishop, dealing
with some aspect of journalis-
tic writing, such as ordering of
facts. The material is presented
in "programmed learning" form,
with material and questions
on one page, followed by the
answers and new material on
the next. The class is expected
to go through the book, and the
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