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Blank, George – Creative Computing, 1984
Reviews training programs for specific applications (such as VisiCalc, dBase II, and MultiPlan). A list of selected materials is provided. Each entry includes title, supplier, format, computer needed, special requirements, and current cost. (JN)
Descriptors: Business, Computer Software, Microcomputers, Training Methods
Binderup, Denise Belick – Instructor, 1988
Elementary school students are often exposed to computer usage before they have been taught correct typing techniques. Sample exercises to teach touch-typing to young children are provided on a reproducible page. (JL)
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Keyboarding (Data Entry), Learning Activities
Yampolsky, Michael – Videodisc/Videotext, 1983
Presents an overview of the Wang Word Processing Intelligent Learning Program on interactive videodisc, which is used at Eastman Kodak to train hundreds of word processing operators. Operation of the program is discussed in detail. (MBR)
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Course Descriptions, Courseware, Instructional Development
Schwartz, Eileen – 1985
The English department faculty training program at Purdue University-Calumet, Indiana, designed a program that would provide their entire staff with the skills necessary to use computer-assisted instruction and word processing to teach all levels of writing. Phase one of the program was a semester-long class designed for regular faculty, beginner…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, English Departments, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedTobin, Laurence – College Composition and Communication, 1987
Outlines strategies for running a successful faculty workshop dealing with computers, such as: (1) make participation optional; (2) focus only on what an instructor needs to know to write and teach using a computer; (3) give word processing instruction individually; (4) present computer uses as possibilities, not as correct answers; and (5)…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Faculty Development
Download full textMikulecky, Larry – 1983
A Chicago area private consulting firm worked in cooperation with the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) program to train applicants in word processing operations. Careful task analyses of on-the-job word processing were used to develop a curriculum based on realistic goals and expectations. Small groups of CETA eligible applicants…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Business Education, Business Skills, Education Work Relationship
Society for Technical Communication, Washington, DC. – 1983
Prepared by representatives of government, business, industry, and education, the papers in this compilation deal with a variety of aspects of technical communication. The approximately 150 papers are arranged according to the following categories: advanced technology applications, graphics and production, management and professional development,…
Descriptors: Business, Computers, Editing, Education Work Relationship
