This CRitical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) sheet describes resources on the educational use of personal digital assistants (PDAs). It provides an overview, a section on the use of PDAs by teachers and in teacher education, a section on the use of PDAs by students and in classrooms, and a listing of a few of the many Internet resources on PDA use in…

This Critical Issue Bibliography (CRIB) Sheet focuses on how technology is having an impact on the overall institutional processes and goals of higher education institutions. It is important that technology should not just be added to existing processes and structures, but integrated into institutional processes. This annotated bibliography…

Annotates a selection of text-analysis and writing instruction software programs (excluding word processing), both available and in development. (MS)

Provides 29 citations from the ERIC database, focusing on desktop publishing, computer-assisted writing instruction, and resources for teaching business communication. (MM)

The purpose of this College Library Information Packet (CLIP) Note is to help libraries identify desirable elements found in computer use policies and to provide guidelines for college and small university libraries that want to develop policies or have been directed to implement policies for computer usage in their libraries. In January 2001, a…

Presents an annotated bibliography of 17 citations from the ERIC database concerning technology and business communication. (PRA)

Presents annotations of 37 selected recent research in the teaching of English and related fields. Addresses bilingual/foreign language education, discourse processes, literacy, professional development, reading, teaching and learning of literature, teaching and learning of writing, and technology and literacy. Notes that most of the studies…

This annotated bibliography contains five sections and 62 items. The first section lists general resources including six Web site addresses; the second section, on Shakespeare's works, contains five Web site addresses; the third section, on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre, provides five Web site addresses; the fourth section presents classroom…

This annotated bibliography includes 257 references to current issues in Japanese education contained in books, magazines, and Japanese periodicals. Among the topics included are bullying among juvenile delinquents, student exchange programs, Japanese educational problems, post-educational employment problems, school computer use, and juvenile…

Illustrates the use of computer data banks in history by examining the Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank (MEMDB) located at Rutgers University. States the database contains an expanding collection of historical monetary and price/wage data. Includes instructions, examples of search strategies, and an annotated bibliography. (CFR)

Presents an annotated listing of Web sites with information useful for law-related education (LRE) and civic education, including search engines, social studies sites, government sites, LRE and civic-education sites, global-education sites, and general-education sites. Cautions teachers to review carefully the content of any site before using it.…

Presents a selected bibliography of 50 recent research articles (published between January and June 2002) in the teaching of English. Includes works on topics such as: assessment; bilingual/foreign language education; discourse processes; literacy; professional development; reading; teaching and learning of literature; teaching and learning of…

Includes materials on: (1) abnormal and clinical psychology, and personality; (2) career issues; (3) cognition and learning; (4) educational technology; (5) faculty evaluation; (6) graduate education; (7) high school instruction; (8) history of psychology; (9) introductory psychology; (10) perception, and physiological and comparative psychology;…

This ERIC/RCS Special Collection contains 10 or more digests (brief syntheses of the research on a specific topic in contemporary education) and FAST Bibs (Focused Access to Selected Topics--annotated bibliographies with selected entries from the ERIC database), providing up-to-date information in an accessible format. The collection focuses on…

Provides an annotated list of references for educators on using computers in the classroom and for researchers in gathering background materials in preparation of articles, grant proposals, and presentations. Focuses specifically on the topic of computer simulation. (ML)