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Drake, David – Currents, 1989
Publications managers agree that no phase of the publication process is the same with desktop publishing. The new technology means publications managers must find new ways to cope with the accompanying situations. Managing client relations, resources, and data entry are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Uses in Education, Editing, Higher Education
Download full textNeuwirth, Christine M.; And Others – 1990
A 3-year project examined the cognitive effects of word processing on writing processes and products. In particular, the project examined effects on writers' planning, reviewing, and revising in a series of six assessment studies. Among the most important results of the project were that writers using word processing alone--both student writers…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Program Descriptions
Franklin, Sharon – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Focuses on three writing programs involving laptop computers for reluctant writers within the Seattle Public Schools. Notes that each program uses their laptops in very different ways to impact the teaching and practice of writing in schools. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Merrell, Jean Groves – 1991
Project Earlybird assists at-risk students to anticipate the upcoming classwork and be ready for the lessons when the teacher presents them. The project is a before/after school program in which elementary students in grades 2 through 5 are given extra help with reading, mainly using computers. Elements of the program include: (1) raising…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Computers, Elementary Education
Peer reviewedDavidson, Catherine; Tomic, Alice – ELT Journal, 1994
This article discusses the use of computers with students of English as a Second Language (ESL), focusing on a pilot program that utilized computer word processing in ESL writing classes at Richmond College in London. The program used "student computer experts" as tutors to introduce word processing to their classmates. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Uses in Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWright, Anne – Writing Center Journal, 1987
Describes how the Writing Lab at Hazelwood West High School, in Missouri, was designed and initiated. Reveals that computers are used there: (1) in teaching whole classes, (2) with individual students, (3) to teach skills, and (4) for keeping records. (SKC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Administration, Program Descriptions
Bucci, Shelly M. – State of Reading, 1995
Describes a pilot project designed to foster quality literacy projects by fifth-grade students; establish a positive working relationship between fifth-grade teachers and the Chapter 1 reading teachers; and provide an enriching atmosphere for the use of computers. Notes that the project uses portfolios and a process model of writing. Notes staff…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Uses in Education, Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
