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)

Assesses the broad, measurable effects of using computers to teach introductory college composition, collecting data from 24 classes. Finds that students using computers revise and improve their posttest essays at significantly better levels than students writing with pen and paper. (SR)

The article discusses how computers can be used for reading/language arts instruction for gifted learners in primary classrooms. Described are three specific computer modes--tool (assistance), tutor (direct instruction), and tutee (programing), and four future computer uses--expert systems, hypercards, interactive video systems, and graphic…

Presents guidelines and suggestions for the use of computers with young children. Provides a checklist of attributes of good early childhood software and tips for introducing software to young children. (RJC)

Described is an instructional aid that employs artificial intelligence methods to assist students in beginning economics courses to improve their problem-solving skills. Discussed are the rationale, structure, and evaluation of this program. (CW)

After school districts have purchased computer hardware and software, they still need to consider the costs of support and repair services, and the purchase of additional equipment. (MLF)

After installing a Computer Assisted Instruction system, officials in Escambia County, Florida, are decreasing the high dropout rate and giving at-risk students the skills to survive in the work world. (Author/TE)

Describes the use of instructional technology at Western Middle School (Kentucky), an inner-city school that serves low-income neighborhoods. Highlights include computer labs; laptop computers to sign out for class projects; MacCSILE, Computer-Supported Intentional Learning Environment with Macintosh computers; and improvement in students' test…

Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems; its benefits include platform independence, security, and interactivity. Within the college community, Java is being used in programming courses, collaborative technology research projects, computer graphics instruction, and distance education. (AEF)

This article discusses how to use technology to collect, store, sort, and reformat assessment data on the school improvement process, explaining the use of desktop computers with databases and the use of portable devices in the assessment process. (SM)

This review of computers and gifted students offers principles of good programming for gifted and talented students; identifies three levels of computer literacy; and urges the use of computers to support program goals such as accommodating individual learning styles and preferences, encouraging students to take responsibility for their own…

Describes a design for a computer-based environment to assist students in conducting dialectical activities of constructing, comparing, and evaluating arguments for competing scientific theories. (ZWH)

As technical compatibility standards have become critical in business and industrial computing, educational software interoperability is rapidly becoming an issue for users and developers of educational information systems. New interoperability initiatives are under way in library automation, higher education information services, and K-12…

Discusses the use of technology in six school locations across the United States for projects that enable children to learn and teach about themselves and where they live, while integrating and learning new technology. (JKP)

Uses computers to aid in teaching one property of the chaos theory: sensitivity to initial conditions. Provides demonstrations that illustrate that science and physics do not and cannot have all the answers to questions asked regarding the causes of natural phenomena. (ZWH)