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Klenow, Carol – Instructor, 1992
Examines which skills students develop through social studies and how technology can help elementary students strengthen them. Important skills include understanding and using locational and directional terms and developing research, thinking, decision-making, interpersonal, and reading skills. Technology skill-builders include telecommunications…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education
Oehring, Sandra – Instructor, 1992
Suggested computer programs for teaching about the 1992 election include a package of four social studies programs with an election year theme, a simulation in which students act as the incumbent president and solve various problems, and an interactive program with news clips, stills, and data from the 1988 elections. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Uses in Education, Elections