It is noted that there is some expectation that the word processor may soon become an effective tool to teach writing but that there is debate on this issue. Three educators present their views in separate statements and within the context of a group discussion. (MP)

Outlines the chronology of the microcomputer revolution, the nature of academic word processing, the impact of microcomputers on historical research, and the dangers as well as opportunities this creates for historians. Concludes that microcomputers will play a greater role in both historical research and historical writing and stresses the…

Urges English teachers to discover new and ever more creative uses of computer and electronic technologies rather than fight their development. (MM)

Relates how a student's composing process will be shaped and influenced by the microcomputer and word processing. (HOD)

Urges journalism educators to embrace and experiment with the products of the computer revolution, and to provide their students with the latest skills in the most advanced technology, particularly in the areas of copy editing and reporting. (SR)

Writing instructors teaching in computer classrooms recognize that the goals and content of these writing courses have changed since precomputer days. While the emphasis is still on writing, skills related to producing texts in electronic environment are also being taught. Technology is changing the nature of writing instruction, the writing…

The curriculum renewal movement has two interconnected goals--to empower both teachers and students and to move from a skills-based curriculum to a process-based one. With so much educational effort focusing on reading and writing, and with new information supporting holistic approaches coming from psycholinguistic and language arts studies, it…

Logo creator Seymour Papert discusses ways Logo can be improved to accommodate different learning styles and strengthen word processing and list processing capabilities. In an interview, Papert discusses computers' influences on learning, Logo's underlying concepts, teacher use of Logo, Logo's discovery learning approach, and development of Logo…

Recent developments in personal computers will affect the teaching of reading and writing because they offer capabilities that simply were not possible before. For example, an information storage and retrieval system, developed as a "library" for elementary school children, allows them to store and retrieve information under different…

Argues that it is the responsibility of writing program administrators to determine computers' role in writing instruction. Explores three ways in which computers significantly affect writing instruction: (1) dialogue and collaboration among students increase; (2) students' access to information increases; and (3) the perception and creation of…

Focuses on types of questions raised in the encoding of historical documents. Illustrates how Text Encoding Initiative-based encoding produces a text that is of major value to future historical researchers. Maintains that software development is a barrier to developing text encoding tables. (CFR)

Considering questions relevant for teachers, students, researchers, and developers of educational innovations, this book centers on the words and experiences of the teachers and students who used QUILL--a system containing both computer-based tools and environments for writing. The first chapter introduces general issues on which the analysis of…

The tools of writing have changed as technology has become more advanced. In fact, the contributions of the microcomputer are already beginning to make print and paper technology appear primitive. The book is at a disadvantage since it stores and displays the information, whereas the microchip stores while the computer displays. Because of this…

The purpose of this notebook is to assist educators who are designing and implementing inservice education programs to facilitate the effective use of computer integrated instruction (CII) in schools. It is divided into the following five sections: (1) Effective Inservice (a brief summary of inservice literature focused on inservice dimensions and…

The past decade has seen dramatic changes in administrative computing, including more systems, more applications, a new group of computer users, and new opportunities for computer use in campus administration. (Author/MSE)