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A Comprehensive Plan for Differentiating the Training of Teachers of the Gifted Online at the State, District and University Levels in Florida, USA
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Eriksson, Gillian; Weber, Christine; Kirsch, Lauri – Gifted Education International, 2012
The training of teachers for a meaningful use of all that contemporary technology offers to developing curriculum requires constant vigilance, experimentation, innovation, revision and updating. The lifestyle of today's gifted students includes a range of ever-unfolding technologies, such as text messaging, blogging, social networking, personal…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Field Trips, Academically Gifted, Textbooks
To Teach or Not to Teach: The Ethics of Metadata
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Barnes, Cynthia; Cavaliere, Frank – Education, 2009
Metadata is information about computer-generated documents that is often inadvertently transmitted to others. The problems associated with metadata have become more acute over time as word processing and other popular programs have become more receptive to the concept of collaboration. As more people become involved in the preparation of…
Descriptors: Metadata, Ethics, Internet, Word Processing
The Effects of Sentence-Combining Using Word Processing Technology on the Reading Comprehension and Writing Fluency of Low-Achieving Fourth Grade Students.
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Laframboise, Kathryn L. – 1989
A study is in progress (with posttesting planned for April 1989), which examines whether word processing enhances the particular benefits of sentence-combining practice on the reading comprehension and writing fluency of low-achieving intermediate students. Subjects are 80 low-achieving fourth grade students from a Florida school district,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Low Achievement, Reading Comprehension
Microcomputers in Education.
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Kochan, Barbara; And Others – Education and Computing, 1987
Three articles focusing on microcomputers in education discuss (1) a study that investigated children's spelling mistakes and used microcomputers to help improve their spelling; (2) use of computers to promote conceptual change in elementary mathematics; and (3) inservice computer training for teachers of kindergarten through grade eight. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Business Education. Vocational Education Program Courses Standards.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1992
This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs in business education offered at the secondary or postsecondary level as a part of Florida's comprehensive vocational education program.…
Descriptors: Accounting, Business Administration, Business Education, Clerical Occupations
Business Education. Vocational Education Program Courses Standards.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Vocational, Adult, and Community Education. – 1994
This document contains vocational education program courses standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for business technology education programs in Florida. Each program courses standard is composed of two parts: a curriculum framework and student performance standards. The curriculum framework includes four major…
Descriptors: Accounting, Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Education
Business Technology Education. Vocational Education Program Courses Standards.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Applied Tech., Adult, and Community Education. – 1997
This document contains vocational education program course standards (curriculum frameworks and student performance standards) for exploratory courses, practical arts courses, and job preparatory programs offered at the secondary and postsecondary level as part of the business technology education component of Florida's comprehensive vocational…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Business Administration, Business Education, Career Academies