ERIC Number: ED323293
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1989
Pages: 72
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Adult Literacy and Technology Newsletter. Vol. 3, Nos. 1-4.
Gueble, Ed, Ed.
Adult Literacy and Technology Newsletter, v3 n1-3 May, Sum, Fall 1989 n4 Win 1990
This document consists of four issues of a newsletter focused on the spectrum of technology use in literacy instruction. The first issue contains the following articles: "Five 'Big' Systems and One 'Little' Option" (Weisberg); "Computer Use Patterns at Blackfeet Community College" (Hill); "Software Review: Educational Activities' Science Series" (Lavier); "Recycle Computers for Literacy"; "Literacy in Mississippi (Lipscomb); "Audio Tape Recorders and Adult Literacy Training" (Jagger); "Jump Start" (Gueble); and "Library-Based Literacy Programs" (Eiselstein). The following articles appear in the second issue: "'World GeoGraph': Good Enough to Criticize" (Grady); "HyperText Possibilities" (Gueble); "An Engineer Discusses Factory Automation" (interview); "SUCCESS II": Computers Brought to Hard-to-Reach Learners" (Fish); "Cutting the Costs of Illiteracy in Deep East Texas" (Payette); "Out of Danger" (student story); and "Computer Curriculum Corporation Up-Date" (Taylor, Dickson). The third issue contains these articles: "Playing on Your Own at Playing to Win, Inc." (Gueble); "LEAP-Frogging One-on-One in Richmond" (Gueble); "Technology Futures" (Turner); "First Impressions: Two Software Programs for ESL Students" (Lane); and "Technology Transfer" (Egner, Gueble). The fourth issue includes: "You Are What You Speak" (Turner); "Word Processing and Writing" (Laidley); "Thinking the Unthinkable: Protection from Computer Viruses" (Pier); "Confessions of a Software Designer" (Statan); "Local Link-Ups: Is Networking in Your Future?" (Fleischman); "Laserdiscs: Beginning and Beyond" (MacDonald); "Evaluation of 'Keystrokes to Literacy'" (Brown, Askov); and "Research, Practice and Business Join over Workplace Literacy" (Laidley). A "Newsbriefs" section is included in all issues. (KC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Audiovisual Aids, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Reviews, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Equipment, Educational Innovation, Educational Media, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Innovation, Instructional Materials, Literacy Education, Microcomputers, Programed Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technological Advancement, Videodisks, Workplace Literacy
Adult Literacy & Technology Project, PCC, Inc., 2682 Bishop Drive, Suite 107, San Ramon, CA 94583 ($15.00 for 4 issues, individuals/nonprofit agencies; $50.00 businesses).
Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
Sponsor: Gannett Foundation, Rochester, NY.
Authoring Institution: Adult Literacy and Technology Project, San Ramon, CA.
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