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"Aid to Thought"--Just Simulate It!
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Kinczkowski, Linda; Cardon, Phillip; Speelman, Pamela – Technology and Engineering Teacher, 2015
This paper provides examples of Aid-to-Thought uses in urban decision making, classroom laboratory planning, and in a ship antiaircraft defense system. Aid-to-Thought modeling and simulations are tools students can use effectively in a STEM classroom while meeting Standards for Technological Literacy Benchmarks O and R. These projects prepare…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Benchmarking, Computer Simulation, Computer Graphics
Teaching Software Componentization: A Bar Chart Java Bean
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Mitri, Michel – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
In the current object-oriented paradigm, software construction increasingly involves creating and utilizing "software components". These components can serve a variety of functions, from common algorithmic processes to database connectivity to graphical interfaces. The advantage of component architectures is that programmers can use pre-existing…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Programming, Programming Languages, Computer Interfaces
Advanced Image Search: A Strategy for Creating Presentation Boards
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Frey, Diane K.; Hines, Jean D.; Swinker, Mary E. – Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 2008
Finding relevant digital images to create presentation boards requires advanced search skills. This article describes a course assignment involving a technique designed to develop students' literacy skills with respect to locating images of desired quality and content from Internet databases. The assignment was applied in a collegiate apparel…
Descriptors: Literacy, Online Searching, Visual Aids, Computer Graphics
Active Learning: A PowerPoint Tutorial
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Gareis, Elisabeth – Business Communication Quarterly, 2007
Individual or group presentations are common assignments in business communication courses, and many students use PowerPoint slides as audiovisual support. Frequently, curriculum constraints don't allow instructors much time to teach effective design and delivery of presentation graphics in their courses; guidelines in the form of minilectures or…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Active Learning, Guidelines, Visual Aids
Computer Programs for Technical Communicators: The Compelling Curriculum. Working Draft.
Selfe, Cynthia L.; Wahlstrom, Billie J. – 1983
A series of computer programs have been developed at Michigan Technological University for use with technical writing and technical communications classes. The first type of program in the series, CURIE II, includes process-based modules, each of which corresponds to one of the following assignments: memoranda, resumes, feasibility reports,…
Descriptors: Assignments, Business Communication, Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Implementation of a UNIX-Based Network Management System for English Instruction.
Schmitt, Lothar M.; Christianson, Kiel T. – 1999
Pedagogical features and implementation of a UNIX-based management system (UNIEM) designed to support the instructor in teaching English as a second language using a network of workstations are described. The application discussed here is for teaching English composition to students at the University of Aizu (Japan). UNIEM is constructed to assist…
Descriptors: Assignments, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction