Describes beta tests conducted of three desktop video-conferencing systems that provide audio and video control and that transmit images of both the work and the participants. Describes the systems, relates how college students have used them, and lists social and technical factors to consider when structuring and maintaining distance-meeting…

Three leaders in educational technology, Kathy Rock, David Thornburg, and Robert Tinker, respond to questions regarding the integration of educational technology in the classroom; obstacles; examples of the use of educational technology; and recommendations for restructuring schools and classrooms. (DMM)

Describes the Pendergast-Weyer Academic Computer Training (PACT) workshops, 21-hour hands-on experiences on the use of computers in the classroom. Offers examples of the workshops' success among Missouri Catholic school educators. (DMM)

Means of accessing information above the textbook level for student research projects and a way of simplifying the process of assimilating research materials are described. Directions for developing "booster" bibliographies, simplified bibliographies on a specific topic that students can use to get them started, are included. (KR)

Examines a way in which the computer can be used to offer live supervision in the training of basic counseling skills. Explains how computer-assisted live supervisory feedback was integrated into a basic counseling skills training class at a medium-sized public southeastern university. Discusses setting up the computer, course design, and student…

Discusses recent advances in technology that make it possible to integrate images, sounds, and text in multimedia computer environments. Presents several case studies of intermediate-grade students who, although reluctant writers, explored their potential by using visual and aural media as sources for texts. (RS)

Discusses students' use of HyperCard, a program for the Macintosh, to create innovative, multimedia presentations of ideas across the curriculum. Presents samples of students' presentations. (MG)

Discusses the difficulty of teaching computer-based remote sensing to students of varying levels of computer literacy. Suggests an instructional method that accommodates all levels of technical expertise through the use of microcomputers. Presents a curriculum that includes an introduction to remote sensing, digital image processing, and…

Suggests that the classroom of the future will include more technology, more networking, more telecommunications, more interactive learning with computers, a greater use of the interactive videodisc, more multimedia learning environments, more computer databases for education, more special materials for special learners, and more materials that…

Discusses two promising methods (expert systems and interactive computer assessment) of providing teachers with information on which to base their decisions when using comprehension to assess the literacy needs of students. (MG)

The article describes how the use of the CPC-500 CaptionMaker (Computer Prompting Corporation) allows users to create their own captioned copies of any prerecorded signed or spoken videotape. Elementary school teachers using the program were uniformly favorable in their evaluations. (DB)

A modified Delphi technique elicited opinions from 8 teachers, 12 teacher educators, 4 state supervisors, and 6 business/industry representatives. The 24 responses showed that microcomputers are used to teach agriculture and the uses of electronic technology and to manage instruction. Access to hardware, software, and instructional materials is a…

Describes electronic clustering, an evaluation strategy that graphically reveals students' higher level thinking skills. (MG)

Presents ideas for incorporating software into each guided reading phase for two realistic fiction books: Lois Lowry's "Anastasia on Her Own" and Barthe DeClements's "The Fourth Grade Wizards." Discusses how each skeletal plan uses three pieces of software to enliven students' oral and written thoughts about the books'…

Indicates how a dialog between peers concerning their writing can be fostered through computer networking. Argues that computer domains offer one of the best sites for carrying out such dialogs. Describes a curriculum for collaboration emphasizing voice and based on a computer environment. (HB)