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Fisher, Ashley; Lazaros, Edward J. – Tech Directions, 2009
This article details the many benefits of educators' use of digital camera technology and provides an activity in which students practice taking portrait shots of classmates, manipulate the resulting images, and add language arts practice by interviewing their subjects to produce a photo-illustrated Word document. This activity gives…
Descriptors: Photography, Communication Skills, Educational Technology, Interviews
Dessoff, Alan – District Administration, 2008
Prompted by the federal No Child Left Behind law and state mandates for improved proficiency in writing and other skills, district leaders have intensified their focus on writing in elementary and middle schools. Many are integrating word-processing software and other technology tools into their curricula to strengthen the instructional and…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Writing Processes
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Sternberg, Betty J.; Kaplan, Karen A.; Borck, Jennifer E. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2007
Adolescent literacy achievement across the United States is in crisis. More than eight million students in grades 4 to 12 are identified as struggling readers. These students, who perform below grade level in reading and writing, are at high risk for failure in all content subjects and ultimately for dropping out of school. Professionals in the…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Educational Technology, Delivery Systems, Word Processing
Tuttle, Harry Grover – Technology & Learning, 2007
Educators at elementary, middle, and high school levels will find that integrating digital tools and resources--many commonly used by students in their "out of school" lives--can be a springboard to creativity and new skills. In this article, the author describes how word processors, presentation software and hardware, mind-mapping applications,…
Descriptors: Word Processing, Visual Literacy, Literacy, Internet
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Arnold, Stephen – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2004
In the past, graphic calculators have been sophisticated and exciting tools for higher mathematics, but few would have considered using them more than occasionally with younger students. All this has now changed with the growing range of software Apps now available for Texas Instruments TI-83 Plus calculators. These Apps are more like computer…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Educational Technology, Word Processing, Calculators
Graham, Steve; Perin, Dolores – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2007
This report offers a number of specific teaching techniques that research suggests will help 4th- to 12th-grade students in this nation's schools. The report focuses on all students, not just those who display writing difficulties, although this latter group is deservedly the focus of much attention. The premise of this report is that all students…
Descriptors: Transformational Generative Grammar, Writing Assignments, Writing Difficulties, Sentences
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Betts, J. David – Afterschool Matters, 2003
More than three million children in the United States participate in some type of after school program (National Study, 1993) offering wide-ranging benefits to children, their families and the community (Pederson, et al, 1998). After school programs of many descriptions provide responsible adult supervision for youth, constructive activities and…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, After School Education, After School Programs, Art Education