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Download full textHerrmann, Andrea W.; Herrmann, John – 1986
To illustrate the capabilities of local area networking (LAN) and integrated software programs, this paper reviews current software programs relevant to writing instruction. It is argued that the technology exists for students sitting at one microcomputer to be able to effectively carry out all phases of the writing process from gathering online…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Higher Education, Integrated Activities
Batschelet, Margaret; Woodson, Linda – 1991
An interim study measured changes in attitudes towards writing and the writing process among basic writing students taught in an electronic classroom (consisting of 25 networked computers). Students in six sections of basic writing which used the electronic classroom for at least 50% of their classroom time, and six control sections which did not…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Higher Education
Peer reviewedAron, Helen; Balajthy, Ernest – Reading Teacher, 1989
Describes the Local Area Network (LAN), a project in which students used LAN-based word processing and electronic mail software as the center of a writing process approach. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of networking. (MM)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Local Area Networks
Ollila, L.; And Others – 1993
A study investigated whether computers would enable students to develop individual working writing environments. The programs that the fourth-grade students used were Hypercard, Clip Art, and MacWrite. Students worked with each of the programs and talked about what they were thinking while using the computer. A constant flow of teachers, staff,…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Creative Writing, Grade 4
Norris, Dolores J. – 1990
A writing program was developed and implemented, using available technology, to increase the quality and the quantity of written communication of three heterogeneously grouped classes of fifth graders. The students learned to use the word processor, Magic Slate II, for process writing assignments. A modem, Supra Modem 2400, and Proterm software…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Grade 5
Miller-Souviney, Barbara; Souviney, Randall – 1987
Computers and networks have opened new opportunities for recognition experiences in schools. Students gain the potential for increased recognition through the exchange of their writing with students in other classrooms in their own school, in other parts of the country, or in other parts of the world. Reorganizing and editing text for publication…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Intermediate Grades
Miller, Susan; Knowles, Kyle – 1997
This practical book integrates coverage of the writing process and various types of academic and professional documents with explanations and examples of using computers to enhance the process and produce effective documents. The book's four parts move from the individual writer who is using a computer to create a document to exchanges of data and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Computer Networks, Computers, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A. – Exceptional Children, 1988
The paper discusses: features of word processors and their impact on the writing process and the social context for writing; research on word processors in schools and the potential instructional role of extensions to word processors, such as spelling and style checkers, synthesized speech output, computer networks, and interactive prompting…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Thompson, Diane P. – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Describes how a community college has adapted an instructional computer network originally developed to teach hearing impaired individuals to write. It is now used as an integral part of three different writing courses. Discusses how the system works, providing examples of student work, and a description of the software used. (TW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedMacArthur, Charles A. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1996
This article reviews ways that computers can support writing by students with learning disabilities. It discusses research on word processing, software for transcription and sentence generation, spelling checkers, speech synthesizers, word prediction programs, grammar and style checkers, prompting programs, outlining and semantic mapping software,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education
