This study examines the cognitive and affective impact of a multimedia editing task. Students were highly motivated to work cooperatively and without teacher supervision to search out and remember science content materials from a wide variety of resources, with visual recall being especially promoted. (34 references) (LZ)

Fourteen computer-generated teaching and planning resources are presented to illustrate how non-computer-literate teachers can acquire computer skills and how computer-literate teachers can improve their use of available resources. Each included resource, ranging from simple presentation to complex proposal, was produced on a Macintosh computer…