ERIC Number: ED238010
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1983
Pages: 33
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Computers in Language Arts.
McLeod, Alan M., Ed.
Virginia English Bulletin, v33 n2 Win 1983
Examining the impact of computers in language arts instruction, this journal issue focuses on the practical classroom use of computers. The essays discuss the following topics: (1) using the personal computer to organize the language arts curriculum; (2) computers in a writing project; (3) the potential of microcomputers for English classrooms; (4) word processors in the composition classroom; (5) the effect of word processors on reluctant or poor writers; (6) software for English instruction; (7) finding and evaluating language arts software; (8) research supporting the use of computers in language arts; (9) teaching ideas for writing to learn; and (10) materials for a unit on censorship. (HTH)
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Content Area Writing, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Language Arts, Microcomputers, Motivation Techniques, Teaching Methods, Word Processing, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Virginia Association of Teachers of English.
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Note: The Virginia Association of Teachers of English is an affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English. This issue is dedicated to Richard A. Meade.
