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Abelman, Robert – Roeper Review, 2006
This investigation explores the level, type, and extent of household mediation of television, the Internet, and videogames employed by parents of achieving and underachieving, intellectually gifted children in light of the recently declared "war on indecency." It examines various child-rearing practices and perceptions as well as salient…
Descriptors: Gifted, Internet, Mass Media Effects, Academic Ability
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Suki, Norbayah Mohd; Suki, Norazah Mohd – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: Mobile technologies offer the opportunity to embed learning in a natural environment. The objective of the study is to examine how the usage of mobile phones for m-learning differs between heavy and light mobile phone users. Heavy mobile phone users are hypothesized to have access to/subscribe to one type of mobile content than light…
Descriptors: Multivariate Analysis, Telecommunications, Use Studies, Telephone Communications Industry
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May, William F. – NASSP Bulletin, 1974
Speaking for the consumer-products container industry, May suggests that tinkering with current systems of distributing food might bring on enormous problems. (Editor)
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Food, Food Service, Industry
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Gaskell, P. James; Hepburn, Gary – Science Education, 1997
Analyzes current examples of the integration of academic and occupational curriculum in science and technology education in light of issues developed in two historical failures. Discusses the differential status of academic and applied science, the importance of support from groups such as industry and postsecondary institutions, and the lack of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Industry, Integrated Curriculum, Science Curriculum
Media & Methods, 1999
Presents criteria for schools selecting LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors based on expert opinions from the International Communications Industries Association, Inc. (ICIA). Highlights include intended use of the equipment; light output; portability; formats; video outputs; price; resolution; DLP technology; and a list of LCD projector…
Descriptors: Educational Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Projection Equipment
United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna (Austria). – 1968
The need to develop managerial and technical personnel in the cement, fertilizer, pulp and paper, sugar, leather and shoe, glass, and metal processing industries of various nations was studied, with emphasis on necessary steps in developing nations to relate occupational requirements to technology, processes, and scale of output. Estimates were…
Descriptors: Administrators, Cement Industry, Chemical Industry, Clerical Workers
Sabosik, Patricia E. – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Discusses document delivery services in the light of new technology. Topics addressed include the historical influences of the printing press; the influence of microcomputers on the publishing industry; copyright issues; the changing role of publishers, researchers, and academic librarians; information partnerships among publishers, librarians,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Copyrights
Hardcastle, Alan – 2000
This report offers an economic overview of Washington's information technology (IT) industry, stating that between 1990 and 1997 the state added 36,000 IT jobs and moved the state from 21st to 16th nationally in high-tech employment rankings. Washington also took the lead in high technology salaries, with an average wage of $81,000 in 1997.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Educational Technology, Institutional Mission
Tocatlian, Jacques – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1981
This discussion of issues relating the provision of information for development reviews current obstacles to the effective application of information to the solution of problems in the light of the international economic situation, with particular reference to current trends in information technology and the information industry. Fifteen…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
TOLONEN, PAUL – 1965
THIS STUDY ATTEMPTS TO DETERMINE WHAT BASES EXIST FOR ESTABLISHING THE FIRST CURRICULUM OF THIS NATURE ON THE WEST COAST. DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD BETWEEN LOCAL MARITIME PEOPLE AND THE COLLEGE STAFF. RESULTS OF A SURVEY OF 51 HIGH SCHOOLS SHOWED 264 STUDENTS INTERESTED IN ENROLLING. A SURVEY OF 79 GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY EMPLOYERS INDICATED THAT 142…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Community Colleges, Curriculum, Curriculum Development
Nawn, John H. – 1988
This report describes a program to prepare students for employment as laser technicians and laser operators and to ensure that they have the necessary skills required by the industry. The objectives are to prepare a curriculum and syllabus for an associate degree program in Electro-Optical Laser Technology. The 2-year Electro-Optical Laser program…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Labor Supply
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1988
This curriculum supplement was designed to correlate directly with "A Guide to Curriculum Planning in Technology Education," published by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. It is also a companion book to three other classroom activity compilations, one in each of the other three major systems of technology--construction,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Communications, Graphic Arts, Industrial Arts
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Svetlik, David – Thought & Action, 2007
In this article, the author relates the need for a complimentary relationship between the academic and real outside world. This is not to compare a college degree with outside work experience--the two are complementary. It is the world of business and industry that often cause changes. Students and practitioners of industrial automation are an…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Relevance (Education), Technology Education, Business
Center for Occupational Research and Development, Inc., Waco, TX. – 1981
This course in electrical power and illumination systems is one of 16 courses in the Energy Technology Series developed for an Energy Conservation-and-Use Technology curriculum. Intended for use in two-year postsecondary technical institutions to prepare technicians for employment, the courses are also useful in industry for updating employees in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Courses
Langham-Johnson, Shirley – 1981
This paper predicts that microelectronic circuitry will have an impact on education comparable to that of the industrial revolution or the invention of the printing press. Present conditions influencing educational technology and trends are considered in light of five considerations: (1) recent redefinitions of what educational technology is; (2)…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Definitions, Depleted Resources, Economic Factors
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