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Wetzel, Keith – Computing Teacher, 1991
Discussion of speech processing computers that are capable of speech-to-text translation (speech recognition) and text-to-speech production (speech translation) highlights five products currently available: Voice EM, Voice Report, MedTrans 200, Development System, and DragonDictate. Criteria the speech recognition systems must meet for use in the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Evaluation Criteria, Speech Synthesizers
Geyer, Roger – Computing Teacher, 1994
Many of the characteristics that make the Windows 3.1 software popular in other settings are useful for instruction. Features and accessories that can enhance teacher productivity include task switching, object linking and embedding, and object packaging. Users can take advantage of Windows-compatible shareware (an example suitable for chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Geometry
Kurshan, Barbara – Computing Teacher, 1990
Discusses the growing use of telecommunications in the classroom and lists 30 projects and networks currently available to educators. Highlights include general online services; databases; news services; local area projects; worldwide projects; electronic mail projects, including AT&T's Long Distance Learning Network (LDLN); and networks for…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Imhof, Heidi – Computing Teacher, 1991
Discusses visual style in instructional science materials; describes problems with science media, including too much print on a page or screen and inappropriate designs for children; and highlights new products that have good design style as well as good content, including books, computer simulations, videos, computer software, and microworlds.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Courseware, Design Requirements
Wresch, William – Computing Teacher, 1988
Discussion of programs for analyzing the writing of students using word processors focuses on six categories of available software that can help to improve students' writing skills: error checkers, reformatters, audience awareness programs (including reader's needs and readability formulas), student conferencing utilities, grading utilities, and…
Descriptors: Audience Analysis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Editing
Collis, Betty – Computing Teacher, 1988
Summarizes five studies related to computerized language education: (1) speech synthesizers and children's writing abilities; (2) comparison of Writing to Read program and traditional teaching; (3) evaluation of Writing to Read program; (4) deaf adolescents and sentence construction; and (5) student attitudes toward writing with computers vs.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Courseware, Deafness
