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How Well Do You Spell?
Ditlea, Steve – Personal Computing, 1987
Discusses the trends toward developing "spelling checkers" for word processing programs. Compares 19 different commercial dictionary programs with regard to word size, dictionary source, number of words checked, memory requirement, algorithm type, and cost. Cautions against becoming too dependent on spelling checkers, noting their shortcomings.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Computer Software Reviews, Cost Effectiveness
Microcomputer Software: Programs for Writing and Spelling.
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McKeown, Sally – British Journal of Special Education, 1992
This article offers a British perspective on ways that information technology can help pupils with specific learning difficulties to overcome problems with handwriting, spelling, and structured writing. (DB)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Desktop Publishing: A New Frontier for Instructional Technologists.
Bell, Norman T.; Warner, James W. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1986
Discusses new possibilities that computers and laser printers offer instructional technologists. Includes a brief history of printed communications, a description of new technological advances referred to as "desktop publishing," and suggests the application of this technology to instructional tasks. (TW)
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Uses in Education, Editing, Educational Technology
Linking Information to Objects: A Hypertext Prototype for Numismatists.
Moline, Judi – Visual Resources, 1991
This report focuses on the user of a prototype hypertext application designed to help coin collectors link ancient coins with relevant numismatic information. It is noted that hypertext systems promote the collection of information that may be multimedia in nature and may be linked so that information can be accessed in a non-linear manner. The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Computer System Design, Databases
Pupils, Teachers & Palmtop Computers.
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Robertson, S. I.; And Others – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 1996
To examine the effects of introducing portable computers into secondary schools, a study was conducted regarding information technology skills and attitudes of staff and eighth grade students prior to and after receiving individual portable computers. Knowledge and use of word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications increased for both…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Databases
The Computer: Extension of the Human Mind III. Proceedings of the Annual Summer Computer Conference (3rd, Eugene, Oregon, August 1-3, 1984).
Oregon Univ., Eugene. Center for Advanced Technology in Education. – 1984
The 13 conference presentations in this proceedings are arranged by general and special interest sessions and listed within each session in the order in which they were presented. These papers are: (1) "Key Issues for the Near Future" (David Moursund); (2) "Educating with Computers: Insights from Cognitive Psychology (and Video Games)" (Morton Ann…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Course Objectives
Technological Convergence: A Brief Review of Some of the Developments in the Integrated Storage and Retrieval of Text, Data, Sound and Image.
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Forrest, Charles – TechTrends, 1988
Reviews technological developments centered around microcomputers that have led to the design of integrated workstations. Topics discussed include methods of information storage, information retrieval, telecommunications networks, word processing, data management, graphics, interactive video, sound, interfaces, artificial intelligence, hypermedia,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Graphics, Cost Effectiveness