Discusses contributions to educational computing of Seymour Papert, LOGO creator; Irwin Hoffman, first school-based computer education program developer; Dorothy Deringer, National Science Foundation's monitor and supporter of educational computing projects; Sherwin Steffin, educational software company vice-president; and Jessie Muse, National…

The importance of the printed word is being questioned with the advent of technological innovations, and in the age of electronics, reading is no longer confined to the printed page. Whether the book shall survive is being questioned as electronic surrogates appear and computer technology alters the publishing process. An entire product can be…

This overview of the use of computers in education begins by tracing the history of the development of computer programs for instruction in three developed countries, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. Significant research and programs, general trends, the current situation, plans, and problems in each of the countries are…