Describes how to make hand puppets, marionettes, and rod puppets, using computer graphics programs in the initial designing stage of the process. Advocates using puppets at nearly any grade level and subject area as a way to integrate literature, writing, and computer technology. (SR)

Describes an activity for primary school students, combining writing with computer-art quilt-making. Provides a bibliography of quilt books. (MM)

Describes ways computers are used in the art education program of one elementary school. Illustrates how computers become centers where students learn to use the computer as a tool with which to experiment and make choices. The results of these experiments are then applied to their art work. (KO)

Shows how the "Kid Pix" software and a single multimedia computer can aid classroom instruction for kindergarten through second grade. Topics include using the computer as a learning center for small groups of students; making a "Kid Pix" slide show; using it as an electronic chalkboard; and creating curriculum-related…

Describes how visual arts and crafts provide nontraditional ways for students to communicate and interpret what they are learning in areas such as science, social studies, math, literature, and language arts. (SR)

Describes how "The Children's Writing and Publishing Center" (a desktop publishing program for elementary students) combines word processing with computer graphics and motivates students to write letters. (MM)

Developed to aid intermediate-level teachers and principals in initiating and developing computer literacy programs for their students, this document is a guide for the development of a one-semester course--Introduction to Computing--for the seventh and eighth grades. The course is designed to provide opportunities for students to develop computer…

Stresses developing students' interpretive skills, geography knowledge, and ability to read and understand statistics. Argues that computer accessibility makes possible innovative use of charts and graphs for secondary history teachers. Notes data may be printed out and used as teaching tools. Presents five teacher-produced graphs and provides…

This book demonstrates, for teachers at all levels, applications of technology tools for the effective learning and teaching of mathematical skills and concepts as suggested by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). It focuses on the use of general-purpose computer tools in the mathematics classroom, with an emphasis on problem…

This handbook contains computer-related, classroom-tested ideas that were contributed by business education teachers and administrators to fuse computer information into computer and noncomputer courses. An alphabetical listing of contributors identifies the category/categories in which their enrichment idea can be found. The contributions are…