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Peer reviewedSneed, Don – Journalism Educator, 1985
Describes a journalism writing assignment in which students compile a specialized style manual with computer and business terms. (HTH)
Descriptors: Business, Class Activities, Computer Literacy, Higher Education
Pon, Kathy – Computing Teacher, 1988
Suggests techniques for the efficient use of one word processor among many students by dividing the writing process into stages of prewriting, writing, editing, and publishing. Examples of exercises and evaluations, a guide to producing a book, and a list of publications that accept children's writing are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Creative Writing, Editing, Electronic Publishing
Walker, Bernard A., Ed.; Klein, Dorothy, Ed. – 1988
Recognizing the rapid establishment of the computer as a routine instrument of instruction, this guide demonstrates with lesson outlines and materials the many ways in which English and/or computer literacy teachers can use microcomputers to teach RCT (Regents Competency Test) English Writing Practice topics. Front matter consists of a foreword,…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, High Schools
Download full textSouthwest Regional Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, Los Alamitos, CA. – 1982
Divided into two sections, this report outlines several components of computer based instruction in the composing process. The first section, which focuses on the use of computers in editing, generating ideas, and producing text, presents a users' manual for composition instruction on a microcomputer, a general description of how computer based…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Editing, Elementary Education
Walker, Bernard A., Ed.; Klein, Dorothy, Ed. – 1988
Along with its companion teacher's guide, this student study text teaches writing skills needed to pass the New York Regents Competency Test (RCT) in Writing, using the computer as an instrument of instruction. The guide is arranged in three sections that match the tasks required on the RCT Writing Test: (1) The Business Letter; (2) The Report;…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, High Schools
Wright, Anne – 1986
The use of microcomputers as word processors for writing papers is commonplace in English departments, but there are many less well-known uses that English teachers can make of the computer. For example, word processing programs can be used to teach sentence combining. Moving text on the screen is very easy, so it is possible to rearrange words or…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Assisted Instruction, Instructional Materials, Microcomputers
Rubin, Andee; Bruce, Bertram – 1984
Most educational computer software currently available severely restricts the kinds of interaction that can take place between the student and the computer. In fact, an examination of 317 language arts programs listed in a directory of educational software shows that 60% of the programs were of the drill and practice type. In response to this…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Mehan, Hugh, Ed.; Souviney, Randall, Ed. – 1984
The result of a year of research and development in the classroom, the language arts activities presented in this handbook are designed for use with microcomputers in elementary and junior high classrooms. The first chapter reviews the current uses of microcomputers in the classroom and identifies the problems associated with the prevailing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education
