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Smith, Nancy J. – Reading Teacher, 1985
Reviews ways that the word processor makes the language experience approach easier for teachers and students. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Microcomputers

Starshine, Dorothy – Reading Teacher, 1990
Discusses the role that word processors play in whole language classrooms, and shares four advantages that "FrEdWriter" (a word-processing program) offers over commercial versions. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Revision (Written Composition)

Heffron, Kathleen – Reading Teacher, 1986
Explains how word processing can make it easy for students to adapt and improve text until they are happy with the results. Offers an example of word processing in action. (FL)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Educational Theories, Elementary Education

Wepner, Shelley B. – Reading Teacher, 1990
Describes how computers, when cast in a holistic framework, can be a natural complement to students' literacy development. Discusses how six teachers use computers in holistic literacy instruction. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Educational Technology, Elementary Education