With the current popularity of computers in American society, the need for computer literacy at all levels of education is evident. This article discusses problems that may arise when developing computer literacy curricula. (DF)

This master plan focuses attention on the roles computers will play in improving the quality of education over the next 5 years in the Maricopa Community College District. Following an executive summary and introductory material, definitions of instructional computing, computer infusion, and levels of software are presented along with assumptions…

This paper presents alternative ways microcomputers can be utilized in the educational process. These uses are: (1) learning from, with, and about computers; (2) learning about thinking with computers; and (3) managing learning with computers. Each of these uses is discussed as to its applicability to current educational practice and possibilities…

This report is based on data gathered from the National Education Association's (NEA) survey, "Computers in the Classroom," which involved 1,028 elementary and secondary school teachers' responses to a questionnaire gathering information about their knowledge of computers, instructional experience with computers, and opinions regarding a…

Concerns about the current educational technology movement are discussed in these four papers which were presented during a seminar of 20 representatives from 10 Council for Educational Development and Research (CEDaR) member institutions. The first by Marcella Pitts and E. Joseph Schneider provides an overview of the educational technology…

This special issue is a collection of reports on the applications of technology to schools, written by educators affiliated with the Technology Leadership Network (a group sponsored by the National School Boards Association). In "Meet the Pioneers of More Productive Schools," James A. Mecklenburger, the director of the National School Boards…

While many aspects of high technology may be directly applicable in the vocational agricultural classroom, the primary thrust of high technology into such programs, at least in the short range, will be centered around the microcomputer. Because of its cost and availability, the microcomputer will continue to play an ever increasing role in…

An exploratory study of the factors underlying vocational teachers' attitudes toward using microcomputers to supplement inservice education found that two factors (the teachers' belief in the educational value of microcomputers and their confidence in using the computers) accounted for about 44 percent of the variance in their attitudes. Data were…