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What's New in Software? Mastery of the Computer through Desktop Publishing.
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Hedley, Carolyn N.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Offers thoughts on the phenomenon of the underuse of classroom computers. Argues that desktop publishing is one way of overcoming the computer malaise occurring in schools, using the incentive of classroom reading and writing for mastery of many aspects of computer production, including writing, illustrating, reading, and publishing. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Desktop Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Information Technology and Literacy Assessment.
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Balajthy, Ernest – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2002
Compares technology predictions from around 1989 with the technology of 2002. Discusses the place of computer-based assessment today, computer-scored testing, computer-administered formal assessment, Internet-based formal assessment, computerized adaptive tests, placement tests, informal assessment, electronic portfolios, information management,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Internet
What's New in Technology? Integrating Technology: Current Directions.
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Ellsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Notes that current efforts to integrate technology into learning at all levels focus on the exploration of potential uses of technology in education; on research and development; and on personnel training and the dissemination of information. Suggests resources to help special educators locate services and readings for special educators on…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Understanding Teachers' Perspectives of Internet Use in the Classroom: Implications for Teacher Education and Staff Development.
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Karchmer, Rachel A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2000
Notes that many teachers today are envisioning novel ways of integrating the Internet into their daily lessons. Examines how these teachers, experienced with the Internet, integrate the technology into their daily lessons. Suggests their stories, including their successes and failures, can inform teacher education and staff development in powerful…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Gender and Technology: A Question of Empowerment.
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Fey, Marion Harris – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 2001
Presents representative studies of other researchers as well as the author's own to reveal the possibilities and problems that girls and women face as they use computers in their education. Discusses gender and technology in elementary schools, with middle-school populations, and in school-college collaborations. Reflects on gender and technology…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Females
Overcoming Barriers to Writing: Computer Support for Basic Writing Skills.
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MacArthur, Charles A. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1999
Reviews specific ways in which computers can support the basic transcription processes involved in writing, focusing on computer applications that go beyond word processing, including spelling and grammar checkers, speech synthesis, word prediction, and speech recognition. Focuses only on writing mechanics, and clarifies the extent to which…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education