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Download full textBalajthy, Ernest – 1988
This paper discusses minicomputer-based ILSs (integrated learning systems), i.e., computer-based systems of hardware and software. An example of a minicomputer-based system in a school district (a composite of several actual districts) considers hardware, staffing, scheduling, reactions, problems, and training for a subskill-oriented reading…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education
Balajthy, Ernest – 1996
First in a continuing series of reports on trends in marketing and publication of software for literacy education, a study explored the development of a database to track the trends and reported on trends seen in 1995. The final version of the 1995 database consisted of 1011 software titles, 165 of which had been published in 1995 and 846…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Courseware, Educational Research
Balajthy, Ernest – Computing Teacher, 1988
Discusses benefits of keyboarding instruction for elementary school students, emphasizing the integration of keyboarding with language arts instruction. Traditional typing and computer-assisted instruction are discussed, six software packages for adapting keyboarding instruction to the classroom are reviewed, and suggestions for software selection…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Elementary Education, Instructional Design
Balajthy, Ernest; Reinking, David – Electronic Learning, 1985
Introduces the range of computer software currently available to aid in developing children's basic skills in reading, including programs for reading readiness, word recognition, vocabulary development, reading comprehension, and learning motivation. Additional information on software and computer use is provided in sidebars by Gwen Solomon and…
Descriptors: Courseware, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Activities, Learning Motivation
Balajthy, Ernest – 1985
A three-year project carried out by the Microcomputers and Reading Committee of the New Jersey Reading Association involved the collection, improvement, and distribution of free microcomputer software (public domain programs) designed to deal with reading and writing skills. Acknowledging that this free software is not without limitations (poor…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Cooperative Programs, Courseware
Balajthy, Ernest – 1985
Many reading teachers, cognizant of the creative opportunities for skill development allowed by new reading-writing software, are choosing to use microcomputers in their classrooms full-time. Adventure story creation programs capitalize on reading-writing integration by allowing children, with appropriate assistance, to create their own…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Creative Thinking, Creative Writing
