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Bellanca, James A.; Stirling, Terry – Teachers College Press, 2011
This practical resource shows educators how to use the Internet to help students communicate electronically, reaching beyond the borders of traditional classroom walls. The authors--a lifelong professional developer and a dedicated facilitator of improved K-12 education through her work with graduate students in school leadership--provide the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Thinking Skills, Computer Mediated Communication

Sorge, Dennis H.; And Others – TechTrends, 1993
Discusses selection criteria for evaluating software and hardware used in interactive video based on experiences from the Purdue Academic Learning Opportunity System Project at Purdue University. Highlights include checklists for evaluating software and selecting hardware, including peripheral equipment; videodisc players; hardware compatibility;…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software, Computer Software Evaluation
Squires, David; McDougall, Anne – 1994
A new paradigm is proposed for thinking about educational software, based on a the mutual interaction of the perspectives of those concerned in the use of educational software: the student, the teacher, and the software designer. This rejects the usual checklist approach and leads instead to an approach to software selection closely associated…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Comer, Priscilla Garrido; Geissler, Colin – 1998
Evaluators of software for education must make a series of decisions about which issues have a direct impact on their choice of software. Instructional context analysis is the first step, including identifying the learners, the instructor, the learning environment, and technical needs and limitations. The next step is instructional goal analysis;…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
Tolhurst, Denise – Educational Technology, 1992
Discusses issues involved in the evaluation of hypertext computer software, including implementation considerations, documentation and packaging, control of instruction by learners, navigation aids for readers, linking mechanisms in hypertext applications, and curriculum development and classroom management considerations. A checklist summarizing…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software Evaluation, Curriculum Development
Greer, Michael – Performance and Instruction, 1984
Highlights the major differences between software training and reference materials, examines the key features that should be present in both if they are to be effective, and presents a checklist for use in evaluating the documentation that accompanies microcomputer software. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Efficiency
Nicholls, Paul; And Others – Laserdisk Professional, 1990
Describes trends in CD-ROM retrieval software design and discusses the need to evaluate such software in terms of the specific requirements of the purchaser. A checklist of general evaluation criteria for five aspects of access software--hardware/software dependencies, interface features, search and retrieval functions, output functions and…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval

Lewis, Linda H. – Computers in the Schools, 1984
Suggests educators who are not yet computer literate choose an alternative focus by learning to evaluate software and determine its potential for use in specific educational settings. Questions which should be asked when reviewing software on appropriate use, content, and characteristics are presented, along with a software evaluation checklist…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Drills (Practice)
Nadler, Leonard; Nadler, Zeace – 1987
Practical advice on every facet of planning and running conferences, meetings, or similar events is given in this book, which includes numerous checklists useful for meetings of any length and in any setting. The 21 chapters cover the following: the changing conference and meeting scene; designing the conference; four useful designs (1-day, 3-day,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software, Conferences, Guidelines
Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium. – 1985
This guide presents the results of research on day care monitoring methods conducted by the Children's Services Monitoring Transfer Consortium. It suggests a set of generic predictor items that can be used to monitor day care providers' compliance with standards. The predictor items are at the licensing or minimal compliance level and have been…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Compliance (Legal), Computer Software, Day Care

Piternick, Anne B. – Online Review, 1989
Provides a checklist of functions and capabilities of online searching systems that attempts to cover all system features, not just searching functions. The checklist is suggested as a tool for checking features of new systems, as a framework for comparing systems, and as a source of suggestions for developing new online systems. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Spann, Mary Beth – Instructor, 1991
This planning guide for efficient use of the last weeks before school opens offers ideas for interactive hall and wall displays, a guide to self-made math manipulatives, a materials checklist, a four-week task planning countdown, and a listing of teacher resource books and other classroom materials. (SM)
Descriptors: Bulletin Boards, Check Lists, Classroom Environment, Computer Software
ACT, Inc., 2007
The materials in this College Planning Guide support a 40-50 minute general college planning presentation. It is most effective when delivered to high school juniors (and their parents) in the spring. It can also be used in the fall with seniors or with sophomores and their parents who desire an overview of the college planning process. The…
Descriptors: Planning, Guidelines, High School Students, College Attendance
Olson, Scott; Wilson, Deborah – Performance and Instruction, 1985
This checklist provides guidelines for designing computer screen displays and evaluating those designed by others. The checklist covers three important aspects of designing a computer screen display: how the screen looks, how the screen interacts with users, and evaluating the screen. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Design Requirements
Brown, Susan, Ed. – 1984
Designed to assist local board of education members, administrators, teachers, and parents, this guide provides information on planning a comprehensive computer education program and on selecting hardware and software. Planning topics discussed include purposes/types of computer use, staff training, location, distribution of computers across…
Descriptors: Budgets, Check Lists, Computer Software, Educational Planning