As assistive devices for students with disabilities become more useful and less expensive, special educators participating on teams which evaluate and select appropriate technology must consider fundamental educational principles, student characteristics, and the characteristics of the technology. (A table lists annual assistive technology…

Analyzes research cited in "Library Literature" during the past year that concerns school libraries. Topics examined include censorship issues; information literacy and library instruction; reading; the use of technology, especially microcomputers; and comprehensive state surveys. (14 references) (LRW)

Describes the ScrapBookUSA Writing Project, a computer telecommunications project linking classrooms across the country, and its educational opportunities for the writing and multicultural studies curricula. Examples of Hello letters, student essays, and ScrapBook Chronicles are given to demonstrate the impact a wide audience and immediate…

Outlines the contents of "Compressed Video: Operations and Applications," a compilation of the writings of many people with direct experience using compressed video (CV), an interactive and digitally transmitted technology. Covers the book's purposes and intended audience, and discusses CV applications in various educational settings,…

Distance education applications are growing, fueled by pressing needs, advancing technology, lean budgets, and new partnerships. Programs, such as the University of Wisconsin's, are successful for various reasons. Greater faculty involvement, improved course design, planning, increased staff support, faculty training, participation in…

This field study represents a departure from structured, or directed, computer-mediated communication as used in its natural environment, the computer lab. Using observations, interviews, and the computer medium itself, the investigators report how high school students interact with computers and create their own agendas for computer usage and…

A faculty member at the California Institute of Technology designs and teaches classes in computer animation that have helped revolutionize the way mathematics is taught through television and videotapes. The programs are widely used in high schools and colleges. Humor differentiates this work from other instructional packages. (MSE)

Reports a study of 913 Israeli students in grades 7-12 from randomly chosen heterogeneous homeroom classes to investigate students' Piagetian cognitive levels using a video-based test. Results indicate that less than 50 percent of high school students have mastered formal operational reasoning. (MDH)

Summarizes recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services which examined directions that technology must take regarding the library/media information fields (emphasizing literacy, productivity, and democracy). The paper makes recommendations about services, access, governance, networking, training,…

Presents a first-person account of one teacher's experiences with computer hardware and software. The article discusses various programs and applications, such as integrated learning systems, database searching via CD-ROM, desktop publishing, authoring programs, and indicates future changes in instruction with increasing use of technology. (SM)

Society's expectations about what students need to learn, as well as the delivery mechanisms, or technology, available to serve that need are driving changes in attendance patterns and institutional structures in higher education. Educators also know more about how people learn. These shifts challenge assumptions about teaching and learning, but…

Describes how a realistic, down-to-earth approach is succeeding in bringing technology into a Delaware school district. A written plan featuring some strategic language, a concrete way to find funding for purchases and programs, and providing "change workshops" for personnel were key elements. Preliminary steps, the plan, and some of the…

Draws on anthropological, sociocultural, and literary analyses of computer use in education to argue that workers, managers, and teachers are right to resist the problems resulting from the computerizing of society. People are being educated to fit the needs of the computer, and computers are producing uniformity in education and society. (five…

Explores guidelines developed by the International Society for Technology in Education (and adopted by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) for preparing teachers in educational computing and information technologies, presenting documented instances where the standards have been helpful in developing programs and promoting…

New video technologies available for French second-language instruction are reviewed, and their incorporation into a Pennsylvania State University third-semester French course is described. Issues discussed include considerations of media availability, authentic vs. contrived video, second-language acquisition theory, and curricular goals and…