Computer is exemplar of algorithmic knowledge, whose goal is control and total automation of human functions. Technicist thinking, belief in myth of technological progress, is blind to nature of knowledge and connections between knowledge and power. Computers promulgate technicist thinking by projecting controlled universe and reinforcing…

Parents can help children become computer literate at school and at home by helping schools fund computer purchases; ensuring computer integration into the curriculum; making teacher training a priority; introducing computers at an early age; keeping their computer anxiety to themselves; not letting children get hooked on games; and subscribing to…

Describes how software that is written or adapted for primary students can be included in each guided reading phase for Maurice Sendak's "Where the Wild Things Are" and Suzy Kline's "Horrible Harry in Room 2B." Notes available hardware platforms for each of the six pieces of software described. (MG)

Six computer applications in education are word processing, computer-assisted instruction, computer-aided design, computer authoring systems, computer data systems, and computer storage. Computers may assist students with three learning stages: acquisition, transformation, and evaluation of information. Advances in computer programing, software,…

Represents an attempt to define the seriousness of errors by computerized tabulation and in a limited context, because no reliable accounting of general attitudes toward errors exists. (MG)

By relying on new computer hardware and software, school food service departments can keep better records of daily food consumption, free and reduced-price meals, inventory, production, and other essentials. The most commonly used systems fall into two basic categories: point-of-sale computers and behind-the-counter systems. State funding efforts…

Discusses relationships among technology, women, and education. Presents three views of the computer's future: (1) the robot as superior human; (2) the cyborg; and (3) the human-computer dyad. Discusses effects that the computer has had upon work and school, particularly for women and at risk and nonliterate students. (SG)

Reviews the current state of electronic gradebook software programs. Discusses what they can do, their use and their shortcomings, and database management and electronic spreadsheet programs. (SR)

Suggests that, because both history and computers are information based, there is an natural link between the two. Argues that history teachers should exploit the technology to help students to understand history while they become computer literate. Points out uses for databases, word processing, desktop publishing, and telecommunications in…

Presents a multimodal intervention to help those students in upper primary and middle school who are reluctant to use computers to become comfortable and gain minimal competence with a computer. The seven modes are P-Practice; R-Risk-Taking Imagery and Behaviors; O-Organization and Planning; T-Tactile Exploration; E- Emotions; C-Cognitions;…

Shares how to use the computer lab and peer interviews to help students get to know each other at the beginning of the school year. Provides an example of a peer portrait on-line worksheet for students to use. (MG)

Argues against the encroachment of information technologies, particularly information machines, upon higher education. Describes the experience at an IBM Corporation presentation on the use of computers in the college classroom. Defines the term "talking head" and shows how this term relates to education. (HB)

Discusses five categories of obstacles to successful technology integration in the classroom: Time, Expertise, Access, Resources, and Support (TEARS). A chart outlines the obstacles and possible solutions. Similarity of obstacles to usage of film in the classroom 50 years ago is noted. (PEN)

Discusses a method that uses spreadsheets to calculate the exact distribution of the sum of two or more discrete random variables with arbitrary distributions. Demonstrates how this method can be used to investigate several problems that would be found interesting at the elementary level. (Author/ASK)

Presents the computer software Mathemagic, a remedial teaching system for high school mathematics. Describes a preliminary study that showed that the software could provide effective remediation to students. (Author/ASK)