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Kuhlman, Wilma D.; Danielson, Kathy Everts; Campbell, Elizabeth J.; Topp, Neal W. – Computers in the Schools, 2006
All humans use objects in their environment as tools for actions. Some tools are more useful than others for certain people and populations. This paper describes how different first-graders used handheld computers as tools when writing. While all 17 children in the observed classroom were competent users of their handheld computers, their use of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Computer Uses in Education, Competence, Writing Processes
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Millman, Patricia G.; Clark, Margaret P. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes the development of an instructional technology course at Fairmont State College (West Virginia) for education majors that included a teaching module combining steps of the writing process to provide for the interdisciplinary focus of writing across the curriculum. Discusses desktop publishing, the National Writing Project, and student…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Desktop Publishing, Education Majors, Educational Technology