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"It Can Change Your Life"
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Bosley, Sara – Adults Learning, 2011
Everyone knows that lack of internet access can reinforce the social and economic disadvantages already facing some older people. Recognising the divisive nature of digital exclusion, the government has invested 2.8 million British Pounds in Get Digital, a project that will enable sheltered housing residents to develop computer and internet…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Computers, Housing, Educational Technology
How Children Learn Words.
Miller, George A.; Gildea, Patricia M. – Scientific American, 1987
Discusses some of the processes children use in learning words and putting them into intelligible contexts. Describes some of the difficulties children can have when trying to learn new vocabulary. Briefly reports on efforts to use interactive video technology to enable children to access new words. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Definitions, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Communicative Uses of the Computer: Ideas and Directions.
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Raschio, Richard A. – Foreign Language Annals, 1986
Reviews concepts which form the basis for a communicative approach to foreign language software design. Examples of communicative program formats, the role of Local Area Networks, and teachers' roles in designing and implementing such software are also discussed. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Interaction
The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind III. Proceedings of the Annual Summer Computer Conference (3rd, Eugene, Oregon, August 1-3, 1984).
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Technology in Education. – 1984
The 13 conference presentations in this proceedings are arranged by general and special interest sessions and listed within each session in the order in which they were presented. These papers are: (1) "Key Issues for the Near Future" (David Moursund); (2) "Educating with Computers: Insights from Cognitive Psychology (and Video Games)" (Morton Ann…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Objectives
Technological Convergence: A Brief Review of Some of the Developments in the Integrated Storage and Retrieval of Text, Data, Sound and Image.
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Forrest, Charles – TechTrends, 1988
Reviews technological developments centered around microcomputers that have led to the design of integrated workstations. Topics discussed include methods of information storage, information retrieval, telecommunications networks, word processing, data management, graphics, interactive video, sound, interfaces, artificial intelligence, hypermedia,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Cost Effectiveness
The Role of the Computer in Education. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (7th, Arlington Heights, Illinois, February 18-20, 1987).
Micro-Ideas, Glenview, IL. – 1987
The 47 papers in these proceedings describe computer technology and its many applications to the educational process. Topics discussed include computer literacy, networking, word processing, automated instructional management, computer conferencing, career information services, computer-aided drawing/design, and robotics. Programming languages…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Curriculum Enrichment
How I Use Computers in...Teachers from Middle School to Community College and JTPA Offer These Useful Examples.
Grenn, Tommye Lou; And Others – Vocational Education Journal, 1992
Programs described are a community college medical clerical individualized instruction program; minicourses in a junior high technology education class; simulation in a high school accounting course; telecommunications skills in a vocational-technical school; information processing in high school business education; vocational library media…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Education, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction