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South Dakota State Library and Archives, Pierre. – 1984
This list of 126 software programs includes the title, description, producer or address to contact for additional information, system requirements, and cost. Programs listed are categorized by the following library functions: audiovisual catalog, audiovisual equipment inventory, bibliographies, catalog card printing, circulation and overdues,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Databases, Library Automation
Fidanque, Ann; And Others – 1986
This is a teacher's guide to a 30-lesson keyboarding program for elementary and middle school students. The primary instructional objectives are to teach students how to: (1) keyboard from a correct position; (2) identify the names for the fingers to be used to keyboard; and (3) locate the most frequently used keys with the correct finger. No…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Fidanque, Ann; And Others – 1986
Designed for use by elementary and middle school students, this computer flip book contains the exercises for each lesson in a 30-lesson keyboarding program, a brief outline of the development of writing devices, and exercises for 25 bonus lessons. For each lesson, the flip book provides a keyboard diagram with the keys that have been introduced…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Fidanque, Ann; And Others – 1985
This is a teacher's guide to a 30-lesson keyboarding program for elementary and middle school students. The primary instructional objectives are to teach students how to: (1) keyboard from a correct position; (2) identify the names for the fingers to be used to keyboard; and (3) locate the most frequently used keys with the correct finger. No…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Fidanque, Ann; And Others – 1985
Designed for use by elementary and middle school students, this computer flip book contains the exercises for each lesson in a 30-lesson keyboarding program, a brief outline of the development of writing devices, and exercises for 25 bonus lessons. For each lesson, the flip book provides a keyboard diagram with the keys that have been introduced…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Keyboarding (Data Entry)
Yeaman, Andrew R. J. – 1985
Recent improvements in the human factors elements incorporated in the design of personal computer interfaces are illustrated by detailed analyses of two microcomputers and their word processors (Osborne 1/WordStar and Apple's Macintosh/MacWrite). The vital steps in operation are described through analyses of the behavioral requirements involved in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Design Requirements, Human Factors Engineering
Cronnell, Bruce – 1982
This paper outlines a proposed procedure for using an interactive computer-based approach to assist students in composing text on a word processor. It is suggested that the computer could provide the stimulus for writing, assist students during the writing process, and help the student to revise and edit the text. The first section explains the…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Computer Programs, Creative Writing, Editing
Kurland, D. Midian – 1983
An overview of the research and design process that led to the creation of the Bank Street word processing program for children is reported. The decision to create a word processor for the classroom was based on the findings that commercially available programs took too long to learn, required the memorization of too many commands or rules, had…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Design Requirements, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Hult, Christine – 1985
A study was conducted to determine the effects of word processing on the correctness of student writing. Student papers produced on the word processor were compared with those produced without the word processor in two classes of freshman English--an experimental and a control. The teacher attempted to keep the teaching methods and curriculum in…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Higher Education
Vacc, Nancy N. – 1985
Differences between letters of four adolescent mildly mentally handicapped (MMH) students written by hand and those composed on a microcomputer using a word processor were examined in terms of amount of time a subject spent completing a letter, the length of a completed letter, the number of words written per unit of time needed to complete a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Handwriting, Letters (Correspondence)
Collier, Richard M. – 1981
A study sought to determine the effect of computer-based text editing on the revision strategies of inexperienced writers. Four subjects, none of whom had experience with computers or word processors, were selected from an introductory college composition course and required to master the basic terminal functions that would be necessary for…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computers, Higher Education

Eckerson, John D. – Clearing House, 1986
Concludes that two uses of the computer are potentially helpful in social studies instruction: (1) as a data storage and manipulation tool and (2) as a writing tool for composition. Entertains diverse opinions on the necessity of computer literacy. (JK)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Content Area Writing, Information Storage, Secondary Education

Crawford, Walt – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Suggests factors to be considered in planning for the purchase of a microcomputer, including budgets, benefits, costs, and decisions. Major uses of a personal computer are described--word processing, financial analysis, file and database management, programming and computer literacy, education, entertainment, and thrill of high technology. (EJS)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Literacy, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making

Crawford, Walt – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes current desktop publishing packages available for microcomputers and discusses the disadvantages, especially in cost, for most personal computer users. Also described is a less expensive alternative technology--desktop typesetting--which meets the requirements of users who do not need elaborate techniques for combining text and graphics.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Publishing, Evaluation Criteria

Newman, Judith M. – Language Arts, 1988
Discusses the rich potential of Logo (a computer programing system for children) and particularly LogoWriter (its word processor) as learning tools in the language arts. Cautions against their use as rote exercises. (SR)
Descriptors: Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Software Reviews