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| Mattson, Merry B. | 1 |
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Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Presents activities and program listings to print ASCII characters, examine the "IF" command (Pascal), change colors of a word on the screen (Atari), and to create a drawing tool for making designs (Logo). Also presents an activity on dummy sorting. (JN)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Learning Activities
Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Presents six computer-oriented classroom activities. They include: surveying a house for products using microprocessors, writing a program to display a flag, experimenting with LOGO's graphics capabilities, writing stories on the computer, using FOR/NEXT commands to create a blinking object, and teaching the Milton Bradley Big Trak to play…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Elementary Education
Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Presents computer-oriented teaching suggestions suitable for early grades. They include creating houses and stained glass ornaments using Logo, recording class activities with a database management program, making mazes with graphics programs, making drawings with a KoalaPad, and using a program to introduce computers to non-English speaking…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Elementary Education, Learning Activities
Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Presents five activities suitable for middle grades. These include listings for a car race (BASIC) and poetry (Pilot) programs, and activities on graphics without programing, new meanings (related to computers) of old words, and developing a list of historical events. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Computer Science Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Mattson, Merry B. – Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Suggests having students design a football field (looking at it from above) as the final project of a unit on computer graphics. Includes listings for 13 short Applesoft programs (involving LO- and HI-RES graphics) which students can use in making the field. Advanced students can use the animation techniques. (JN)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Software, Intermediate Grades
Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Six practical computer-oriented classroom activities are presented. They include making cryptograms using the search-and-replace function of word processors, making a frame for a Logo picture, examining Atari POKE commands, and comparing equivalent commands on different microcomputers. Also indicates the usefulness of marking on monitors with…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Intermediate Grades
Classroom Computer Learning, 1984
Five computer-oriented classroom activities are suggested. They include: Logo programming to help students develop estimation, logic and spatial skills; creating flow charts; inputting data; making snowflakes using Logo; and developing and using a database management program. (JN)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Elementary Education
Classroom Computer Learning, 1986
Presents practical teaching suggestions selected from commercially available materials and also submitted by readers that can easily be adapted to different grade levels. Contains eight computer based activities which provide experience with spreadsheets, random number functioning, word puzzles, survey plotting, graphics, and Logo programming. (ML)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Science Education, Computer Simulation
