This booklet is intended to acquaint educational policy-makers with some of the current roles and potential applications of computers in the curriculum, and to encourage them to initiate actions that will lead to proper and effective instructional use of computers in school systems. It is organized as a series of questions and answers designed to…

Intended for elementary and secondary teachers and curriculum specialists, this booklet discusses and defines computer literacy as a functional knowledge of computers and their effects on students and the rest of society. It analyzes personal computing and the aspects of computers that have direct impact on students. Outlining computer-assisted…