The author looks at the marketing and the resulting financial payoffs of continuing education offerings that involve the computer. She underscores the demand of organizations and individuals for learning about software for personal computers in her community college district, emphasizing various marketing and programmatic considerations related to…

Discusses the impact of the computer age on American educational needs and goals, assessing the increasing use of computers and the need for improved software. Considers costs involved in providing more powerful computers to schools and calls for research to clarify knowledge underlying software interaction paradigms. (JM)

This article discusses the need for teachers and teacher educators to incorporate technological literacy in training programs. The use of computers in schools is here to stay, and teachers should provide for their use in curriculum planning and other areas. (Author/CJB)

This article cautions teacher educators about taking an uncritical view of technological literacy. Suggestions are given on ascertaining the appropriateness, relevance, and usefulness of various computer literacy courses. (CJB)

The Computer Awareness Program at Pennsylvania State University centers around 21 courses that provide the user community with a common understanding of computer technology. (MLF)

The section includes four articles on the use of computers for gifted students. Topics covered include basic information for parents, care and operating routines, a curriculum guide for computer literacy, the computer's role in problem solving, and computer applications for mathematically gifted students. (CL)

Teachers deserve to have appropriate training before they are held accountable for teaching about computer hardware and software, and the responsibility for this training falls to the teacher training institutions. Such a computer literacy program has been instituted at Abilene Christian University (Texas). (DCS)

Presents a short overview of individualization, stressing one method of achieving it; makes a statement about the importance of computers in society; and presents one element of computer study--computer literacy--using an individual approach to both teaching and learning. (FL)

The Soviet Union has embarked on a concerted campaign to put desk-top computers into every secondary school, college, and university in the country. The program envisages stepped-up production of computer technology, improved quality, and the development of new electronic hardware. (MLW)

Examines how computers can contribute to the educational goal of literacy and considers the implications of the introduction of computers for changes in school curricula. Looks at the characteristics of computers that make them potentially useful in learning and their substantial influences on students' and teachers' use of reading and writing.…

Highlights the microcomputer skills and competencies needed by preservice and inservice teachers (e.g., the ability to select and evaluate software; use computers to revise and edit lesson plans, write to parents, keep records, and prepare tests; access databases; and assume the role of instructional computing coordinator). Lists available…

Raises questions about the possible effects of the language of computers--which is impersonal, technical, specialized, formal, unemotional, and precise--on the naturally emotional, imprecise, informal, and inclusive language of people. (MM)

This study explored a conceptual model of learning in Web courses which proposed relationships between self-regulated learning skills, course structure, computer technology experience, and satisfaction with perceived learning in Web courses. Results indicated that self-regulated learning skills are directly related to satisfaction with learning at…

Today, undergraduate students enter college with increasingly more sophisticated computer skills compared to their counterparts of 20 years ago. However, instructors are still using traditional instructional strategies to teach this new generation. This research study examines strategies that instructors employ to teach introductory computer…

The "Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Study" describes the progressive development of knowledge and skills in six strands: Societal and Ethical Issues, Database, Spreadsheet Keyboard Utilization/Word Processing/Desktop Publishing, Multimedia/Presentation, and Telecommunications/Internet. In the primary grades, the objectives…