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Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Offers principles for purchasing a new personal computer, and discusses matching principles with needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Friedland, Marc – School Business Affairs, 1990
Many school business officials have turned to computer equipment leasing. A lease arrangement permits administrators to stretch annual budgets, to appropriate funds, and to easily upgrade or change equipment. Another alternative to high-cost computer purchase is to buy or lease used equipment. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Cost Effectiveness
Johnson, Donald R. – School Business Affairs, 1997
Contains an interview with the president of the Technology Applications Group, Thomas F. Davis, regarding the future of the technology field. Davis offers suggestions for school business officials who are responsible for purchasing future hardware, software, and technology, and describes trends in the technology industry. (Four references) (LMI)
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Educational Technology
Littlefield, Julie; Glier, John – Currents, 1992
Five major considerations to be addressed by college development programs before upgrading a computer system include: (1) evaluating functions of the current system; (2) assessing system capabilities needed; (3) discovering what users need; (4) deciding whether to patch an older system, build a new one in house, or buy it complete; and (5)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer System Design, Computers, Equipment Evaluation
Freddolino, Donna – Currents, 1992
Advancement offices in higher education can ensure that they will get the most value from their computer purchases by becoming educated about issues and options, developing a plan and standards, tracking the technology, ignoring brand names, requesting discounts, considering used equipment and prepared software, consulting, using available…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Computers, Efficiency
Download full textBusiness and Technology Education Council, London (England). – 1994
Britain's National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work qualifications that measure what an employee or potential employee can do as well as how much he or she knows and understands about a particular job. Used as written proof of usable workplace skills that can be put to profitable use by an employer, NVQs range from basic Level 1, for…
Descriptors: Certification, Competence, Competency Based Education, Computer System Design
Clinton, Janeen S.; Laverty, Linda – 1990
The first section of this packet consists of worksheets, exercises, software descriptions and "best practices" guidelines for teachers of students with disabilities. The second section reports on findings of a 1989 task force on transition procedures for mainstreaming of the physically impaired, including procedures for referral,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Selection
