This fully updated third edition of "Teaching and Learning with Technologies in the Primary School" introduces practising and student teachers to the range of ways in which technology can be used to support and extend teaching and learning opportunities in their classrooms. Newly expanded to include 50% brand new chapters reflecting the…

This systematic analysis examines effectiveness research on online and blended learning from schools, particularly relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, and also educational games, computer-supported cooperative learning (CSCL) and computer-assisted instruction (CAI), largely used in schools but with potential for outside school. Eight research…

This study examined the ways in which 18 first-grade teachers and their students in 11 high-risk urban schools began to use literacy-focused technology. The goal of the study was to observe the technology in use by the students, to observe the classroom dynamics and teachers' instructional choices centered around technology use, to look at student…

Describes uses of the microcomputer that can encourage the discovery that written language is meaningful, purposeful, and worthwhile. (FL)

Critiques Freyd and Lytle's evaluation of the IBM Writing to Read program in the same "Educational Leadership" issue. Claims that WTR helps kindergarten and first grade students produce stories they otherwise would not have written and that research results were misinterpreted. IBM should be allowed to compete in the language education…

Describes the Writing to Read demonstration project, a computer-based system designed to develop students' reading skills through their own writing. Focuses on the participation of two Washington Catholic schools in the project, reviewing problems and positive outcomes. (DMM)

Responds to Nelms' critique of the authors' own "Educational Leadership" article criticizing the IBM Writing to Learn program. Since WTR was conceived, programs can be open and interactive and can fit more comfortably into whole language practices. Readers need to weigh the arguments and decide for themselves. (MLH)

Uses aesthetic criteria and artistic criticism to explore possible meanings in Writing to Read, a computer-based program for beginning readers. Findings based on over 25 hours of observation showed that the program's enactment frequently compromised balance. Control drowned out individuality, conformity diminished exploration opportunities, and…

Twelve elementary children with reading and writing difficulties substantially improved their reading and writing skills and strategies through a microcomputer project. Four software factors in successful applications were noted, including the use of microcomputers to lower risks encountered in making errors. (CL)

Discusses the potential of word processors for allowing students to generate and manipulate language while writing, and its superiority over the widespread use of computer programed packages and drills for teaching writing. (HTH)

This guide discusses how a computer can motivate students, how it can be used as a support for the writing process, and how it can help teachers reinforce good writing habits. The guide includes sections on managing the classroom computer; student scheduling; human resources; introducing the computer; learning editor commands; managing student…

Designed for use by South Carolina school districts planning to include microcomputer language arts software for grades one through eight in teaching the Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) objectives in grades one through eight, this booklet presents titles of software programs given a favorable review by review services, and correlates them…

Introduces a computer lesson for use with elementary ESL students when they first arrive at school to help them feel more comfortable in their new surroundings. Describes how the lesson introduces students to simple vocabulary they can use in everyday situations along with the corresponding written words. (MG)

Having students create personalized stationery is a good way to promote student writing. Children of all ages can design computer-generated stationery in just a few steps using predrawn or original graphics and a variety of typefaces. The article describes three programs that enable students to create stationery. (SM)

Reviews ways that the word processor makes the language experience approach easier for teachers and students. (FL)