Discusses experiences with educational technology in preservice teacher education settings. Highlights include competencies student teachers should demonstrate, including the use of computers and related technologies; curriculum revision to encourage the use of information technology in field experiences; and supporting field experiences through…

Although educational leaders occasionally develop instructional technology plans, many plans omit financial provisions for continuing costs, including the ongoing repair and eventual replacement of instructional computers. Computer costs are not allocated clearly to their functions: productivity and curriculum delivery. Computers are not…

Explores the use of Information Technology in preschool education as a tool for the understanding of ideas which are familiar to children in a naive way. Suggests that computer programs can provide a safe environment for children to experiment and play with processes and ideas and for teachers to banish their preconceived notions about what…

Examines the use of compact disc (CD)-based software with young children. Discusses the general benefits of CD technology and the challenge of deciding when to purchase a new product. Describes what to look for in CD technology for young children, such as electronic books, interactive electronic books, and older software now available in CD…

Discusses the use of state-of-the-art software tools in teaching a graduate, advanced, relational database design course. Results indicated a positive student response to the prototype of expert systems software and a willingness to utilize this new technology both in their studies and in future work applications. (JKP)

A technological revolution is erupting all about us. A millionfold rise in computation and communications cost effectiveness will transform all industries and bureaucracies. The information revolution is a decentralizing, microcosmic electronic force opposing the centralizing, controlling Industrial-Age mentality persisting in schools. Television…

In our society, automation is done for its own sake, with little attention to need or rationale. Before implementing information technology in classroom, administrators must agree on content standards, instructional methods, educational goals. Too often, computer work stations are dumped on ill-prepared teachers with no provision for training or…

Discusses the artificial-intelligence-based microworld DiBi and MULEDS, a multilevel diagnosis system. Developed to adapt tutoring style to the individual learner. Explains that DiBi sets up a learning environment, and simulates elastic impacts as a subtopic of classical mechanics, and supporting reasoning on different levels of mental domain…

Illustrates how electronic outlining is an easy way to empower students through the use of technology. Discusses how electronic outliners provide students with a dynamic medium for recording and organizing their ideas prior to writing. (MG)

Posits a reciprocal relation between the popularization of computer-based technology and the democratization of Central/Eastern Europe. Discusses the introduction of the communicative approach to language teaching, the choice of languages in schools, and the potential of new technologies for improving global communication. Advocates coherent…

Argues for the value of technology, particularly computers, in the educational setting. Questions whether computers actually help improve student writing skills. Concludes that these questions are fraught with difficulties but that much further research should lead to clearer answers. (HB)

Research has indicated that computer-assisted instruction can give students an advantage compared to traditional instruction. Money spent on educational technology must be matched with staff development and support for implementation efforts. Lists seven references on computers and technology in education. (MLF)

Describes the Edison Project, a plan to integrate technology into schools and school systems that will support communication, collaboration, research, text and multimedia authoring and publishing, resource access and management, assessment, and administration and management services. Computer networks that link schools and external sources are…

Discusses the advantages of making the writing center part of the instructional media center in schools and provides some questions to consider in setting up a writing center. Offers three examples of popular writing assignments. (MG)

Computer technology, like older technologies such as writing, maximizes its potential for enriching intellectual performance when the individual is consciously engaged in the mind-machine partnership. Some change in performance occurs only in interaction with the tool; other change is more generalized and longer lasting. (CJS)