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Nurturing the Communication Abilities of Second Grade Students by Using Notebook Computers To Enhance the Writing Process.

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Despot, Paula C. – 1992

A practicum was designed to provide opportunities for second-grade students from low socioeconomic school communities to use computer technology in the writing process. Staff development training was designed and conducted to increase teachers' knowledge, experience, and attitudes toward using the computer as a tool for writing. Providing…

Descriptors: Access to Education, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 2, Inservice Teacher Education

Beyond Drill and Practice: Process Writing in a One Computer Second Grade Classroom through a Variety of Writing Activities.

Weisberg, Lillian – 1991

This practicum was aimed at increasing children's abilities to use the computer through word processing activities. Most of the activities involved children working in cooperative groups. Another objective of the practicum was to incorporate the computer into the language arts area. A third objective was to effectively use a single computer beyond…

Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Cooperative Learning, Grade 2

Improving Narrative Writing Skills, Composition Skills, and Related Attitudes among Second Grade Students by Integrating Word Processing, Graphic Organizers, and Art into a Process Approach to Writing.

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Gallick-Jackson, Sheryl A. – 1997

A practicum program was developed and implemented to improve narrative writing skills, composition skills, and related attitudes among the targeted second grade students. Objectives for the program were for: 75% of the students to increase their narrative writing skills by at least one proficiency level; 75% of the students to increase their…

Descriptors: Art, Grade 2, Graphic Arts, Graphic Organizers

Improving Process Writing Skills of Seventh Grade At-Risk Students by Increasing Interest through the Use of the Microcomputer, Word Processing Software, and Telecommunications Technology.

Zoni, Stephen J. – 1992

A practicum was developed to improve process writing skills of seventh grade at-risk students by increasing interest through the use of the microcomputer, word processing software, and telecommunications technology. Sixteen students wrote a series of eight "basic" hand-written essays as part of the regular language arts class. Students then…

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Grade 7, High Risk Students, Junior High Schools

Improve Quantity and Quality of Student Writing through the Implementation of Telecommunications and Process Writing Activities between Fifth and Sixth Grade Students.

Norris, Dolores J. – 1990

A writing program was developed and implemented, using available technology, to increase the quality and the quantity of written communication of three heterogeneously grouped classes of fifth graders. The students learned to use the word processor, Magic Slate II, for process writing assignments. A modem, Supra Modem 2400, and Proterm software…

Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Grade 5