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Peer reviewedNichols, Patsy – Bulletin of the Association for Business Communication, 1991
Asserts that educators should help students to make the transition to the real world of desktop publishing (DTP) as smooth as possible by presenting DTP concepts in the classroom. Offers seven principles of page design and a classroom exercise on DTP. Reviews several word processing programs that include DTP functions. (PRA)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Reviews, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Publishing
Download full textSchwartz, Helen J. – 1986
Computer use in the English classroom has the potential to help students enjoy and integrate their learning of writing and reading of literature in new ways. This new relationship between the student and machine-readable text can be thought of in terms of Alvin Toffler's theory of the "prosumer," a person who uses Information Age…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedClements, Douglas H., Ed.; And Others – Arithmetic Teacher, 1988
Presents reviews of three software packages. Includes "Cube Builder: A 3-D Geometry Tool," which allows students to build three-dimensional shapes; "Number Master," a multipurpose practice program for whole number computation; and "Safari Search: Problem Solving and Inference," which focuses on decision making in mathematical analysis. (PK)
Descriptors: Computation, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Reviews
