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Download full textHenderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1997
This study examined computer use in southeast Texas schools in 1997. The study population included 110 school districts in Education Service Center Regions IV and VI. These centers serve 22 counties of southeast Texas in the Houston area. Using questionnaires, researchers collected data on brands of computers presently in use, percent of computer…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Renfrow, Raylene; Henderson, David L. – 1985
This study determined the prominent brands of microcomputers presently in use in Southeast Texas schools, the reasons for their selection, and computer use and brands in relation to grade level. Questionnaires related to microcomputer use were sent to 115 school districts in southeast Texas in 1985. The return rate was 83 percent. A total of 8,258…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Media, Educational Technology
Learning, 1982
Reports are given on the use of computers in elementary and secondary schools in five states. An analysis of the reports discusses various educational trends and implications evolving from computer use, including misapplied technology and the proper amount of learning and teaching via computers. (CJ)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Programs, Educational Innovation
Barker, Bruce; Logan, Suzanne – 1985
The option for small high schools to consider non-traditional approaches to instruction may be a viable way to meet the instructional needs of individual students in Texas' rural communities and comply with the curriculum requirements specified in Chapter 75 (recently passed by the 67th Texas Legislature). Effective in 1985, school districts will…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Cooperative Programs, Core Curriculum, Correspondence Study
Levy, Susan – FORESIGHT: Model Programs for Southern Economic Development, 1986
The quality of education received by children in the southern states will be greatly impacted by technological change, which will present educators with both unprecedented opportunities and substantial risks. As the four model programs described in this paper illustrate, advances in telecommunications and computer hardware and software can be used…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Demonstration Programs, Educational Quality
Texas State Board of Education, Austin. – 1991
Adopted in November 1988, the Long-Range Plan for Technology of the Texas State Board of Education plots the course for meeting educational needs through the application of technology and for implementing concomitant changes in education from 1988 to the year 2000. The plan recognizes that both educational technology and the practice of education…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Distance Education, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1983
Reviewing the current status of educational computing, this report makes 48 specific future policy recommendations for schools in Alberta, Canada. The first section discusses educational computing in Alberta and the other Canadian provinces and in Minnesota, Texas, and Florida. The second section describes aspects of the educational delivery…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Innovation
