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Kuhlman, Wilma D.; Danielson, Kathy Everts; Campbell, Elizabeth J.; Topp, Neal W. – Computers in the Schools, 2006
All humans use objects in their environment as tools for actions. Some tools are more useful than others for certain people and populations. This paper describes how different first-graders used handheld computers as tools when writing. While all 17 children in the observed classroom were competent users of their handheld computers, their use of…
Descriptors: Grade 1, Computer Uses in Education, Competence, Writing Processes
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Topp, Neal W.; Grandgenett, Neal – Computers in the Schools, 1996
Reviews activities in the first year of a Nebraska plan to connect K-12 schools to the Internet, including: installing UNIX-based computers; developing a statewide training program; hiring; distributing support materials; and devising a formative evaluation process. Trends in teacher and student Internet use and eight projects in classroom…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation