Connecting the Home, School, and Community.

Smith, Richard Alan; Anderson, Luanna K.

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ERIC Number: EJ479846

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1994

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Connecting the Home, School, and Community.

Smith, Richard Alan; Anderson, Luanna K.

Computing Teacher, v21 n6 p24-25 Mar 1994

Describes a telecommunications project in Texas that used inexpensive laptop computers for word processing with classes of low-achieving tenth-grade language arts students. Highlights include parent involvement; student writing processes; telecommunication with other students via the Texas Education Network (TENET); database use; and student attitudes. (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Grade 10, High Schools, Language Arts, Low Achievement, Parent Participation, Student Attitudes, Telecommunications, Word Processing, Writing Processes

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Texas

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