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Kayembe, Gulshan – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1989
Observes the current impact and potential uses of computer technology in language instruction, discussing resources, funding, curriculum development, staff training, and equipment obsolescence. (CB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Educational Trends

Eilers, Howard F. – Journalism Educator, 1989
Describes the changes resulting from the Texas A&M Journalism Department's switch to Macintosh-equipped writing labs, serving beginning and advanced writing classes, and classes in graphics and design. Discusses factors involved in choosing a microcomputer system for use in a journalism department. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Higher Education
O'Brien, Frank – 1984
Two varieties of user-friendly computer systems that deal with natural language are now available, providing either at-the-monitor stylistic and grammatic correction of keyed-in writing or a sorting, selecting, and generating of statistical data for any written or spoken document. The editor programs, such as "The Writer's Workbench"…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Hunter, William J. – Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, 1991
Reports briefly on three recent summaries dealing with word processing and the teaching of writing. Notes that the first two are bibliographies compiled by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills and the third is a synthesis and review conducted by a graduate student. (MG)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Collins, Allan – 1983
Recent developments in personal computers will affect the teaching of reading and writing because they offer capabilities that simply were not possible before. For example, an information storage and retrieval system, developed as a "library" for elementary school children, allows them to store and retrieve information under different…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Educational Change, Educational Technology
Pisapia, John – 1994
Productivity tools allow students to do something that was not possible without technology and then to share their results with others. In contrast to traditional software that encourages linear procedural processes, tool software is open-ended. Productivity tools include word processing, spread sheets, graphics, and telecommunications software.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning

Cunningham, Denis – Babel: Journal of the Australian Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1990
Reviews the use of computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in second-language education and asserts that CALL is an instructional tool rather than a teaching method. More active involvement by educators in planning and developing CALL technologies and software for the second-language classroom is advocated. (83 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Desktop Publishing
Foster, Herbert L., Ed. – Forum, 1986
Three issues of "The Forum," a publication of the New York State Federation of Chapters of the Council for Exceptional Children, feature articles on the topics of technology in special education, early childhood special education in New York, and education of migrant handicapped youth. Titles and authors of articles include: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Disabilities