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Berg, Susan; Benz, Carolyn; Lasley, Tom; Raisch, Dan – 1997
While the computer chip is revolutionizing society as a whole, its effects on education remain limited. This paper identifies and describes how exemplary elementary school teachers in Southwestern Ohio use technology in the classroom, and provides a model for the development of tomorrow's classrooms. Qualitative and quantitative data collection…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Change, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Houghton, Mary – 1997
With strong backing from the federal government, states and school districts are in the midst of a major push to put technology in the hands of America's teachers and students. Their efforts seek to equip schools and classrooms with computers, educational software, school-based computer networks, and links to both statewide and global information…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Cooperation, Educational Finance
Market Data Retrieval, Inc., Shelton, CT. – 1997
This report presents the results of Market Data Retrieval's (MDR) fourth comprehensive survey of the technology market in K-12 education. The survey gathered comprehensive, current, and consistent information on the use of various technologies in U.S. public schools during the 1996-97 school year. The survey reached all 85,000 public schools in…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks
Cohn, John M.; Kelsey, Ann L.; Fiels, Keith Michael – 1997
This manual is written for any library planning to introduce a new or replacement automated system. It focuses on planning for an integrated system that computerizes a multiplicity of library functions using one common database. This second edition contains a new section on the preparation of a technology strategic plan, a section on developing…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Consultants
Hurley, Noel P.; Vosburg, J. Douglas – 1997
This study examines the attitudes of students toward modern technology, their attitudes toward learning using modern technology in an academic setting, and whether there is a correlation between the two attitude variables. The investigation looked at the effects of gender and grade level on students' attitudes toward technology and toward learning…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Attitudes, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Hovenic, Ginger – 1997
This paper describes Clear View Elementary School's (California) successful experience with integrating technology into the curriculum. Since its inception seven years ago, the school has acquired 250 computers, networked them all on two central file servers, and computerized the library and trained all staff members to be proficient facilitators…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Maushak, Nancy J.; Manternach, Lynn – 1997
This report summarizes evaluation of data collected during 1996-97 for a project of the Iowa Distance Education Alliance, a partnership of Iowa educational institutions including the Iowa Department of Education, Iowa Public Television, the state's three regent institutions, Iowa's 15 community colleges, the 15 Area Education Agencies, and Local…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Distance Education, Educational Objectives, Educational Technology
Moon, Fletcher F. – 1995
The CREATE Network (Computer Resource Educational Access in Tennessee Education) brought together library professionals from Tennessee's seven historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) for purposes of training and implementation of library applications of computer-based information technology. Annual training seminars were held at…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Black Colleges, Computer Networks
Fulton, Kathleen – 2000
Recent studies suggest that less than half of the nation's teacher preparation institutions require students to design and deliver instruction using technology, and even fewer require technology use during student teaching. The School Technology and Readiness (STaR) Chart for schools, colleges, and departments of education (SCDEs) was designed to…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Schnackenberg, Heidi L.; Luik, Krista; Nisan, Yael; Servant, Colleen – 1999
This paper reports on a needs assessment, conducted in two elementary schools in Quebec, that examined the use that teachers are making of the computer facilities, as well as their skill and confidence levels in this area. The first section provides a general description of the project, details the sources of information, and discusses the reasons…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs, Educational Technology, Elementary Education
Rogers, Patricia L. – 1999
This article examines barriers to technology adoption based on the literature and data from two studies. A five-step hierarchical model (familiarization, utilization, integration, reorientation, evolution) of adoption of technology in the classroom is presented, and internal and external barriers to technology adoption are examined. The two…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Art Education, Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development
Coufal, Kathy L.; Grandgenett, Neal F. – 1996
The project of focus in this evaluation progress report is currently completing the second year of full operation and is a 5-year project that links technology and the visual and performing arts with other subject areas to transform the education of K-12 students in Nebraska and nationwide. The report notes that special emphasis is placed on…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Art Education, Budgets, Curriculum Development
Hagen, Sara L. – 1999
Valley City State University (North Dakota) was the second university in the nation to adopt a notebook computer environment, supplying every faculty, staff member, administrator, and student with a laptop computer and 24-hour access to the World Wide Web. This paper outlines the innovations made in the music department to accommodate the infusion…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Evaluation Criteria
Kerr, Kerri A.; Pane, John F.; Barney, Heather – RAND Corporation, 2003
Funded by an award from the state of Pennsylvania, Quaker Valley School District launched a Digital School District initiative, a program to equip every student in the district from 3rd through 12th grade with a laptop computer, set up wireless networks in all district buildings, and provide wireless Internet connections in all of the students'…
Descriptors: School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Laptop Computers, Access to Computers
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Wiburg, Karin M. – Computers in the Schools, 1997
Describes a two-year university/public school grant-funded collaborative research project designed to help teachers learn to use multimedia and telecommunications in the classroom and to develop culturally relevant curricula for students in a primarily Hispanic, lower income community. Goals were developed in four areas: collaborative design;…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Planning, Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Development
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