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| Hedley, Carolyn N. | 7 |
| Ellsworth, Nancy J. | 6 |
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Peer reviewedEllsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Reviews computer networks and online services designed especially for teachers, as well as networks broadly targeted for business, home, and education. Presents a resources directory of networks to assist persons with disabilities. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
Offers principles for purchasing a new personal computer, and discusses matching principles with needs. (SR)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Computers, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Suggests that critical thinking and higher level thinking, involving such abilities as analysis, reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and evaluation, occur as a function of reanalyzing and restructuring information. Presents software for students and teachers to handle such knowledge restructuring, particularly as it is presented in…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software, Critical Thinking, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEllsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Suggests that, in reviewing software, educators should apply the following criteria within the context of their objectives and the students' needs: content; instructional presentation; demands placed on the learner; technical features; and documentation and management features. Concludes that integration of computer software with traditional means…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1992
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…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change
Peer reviewedHedley, Carolyn N.; Ellsworth, Nancy J. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Offers thoughts on the phenomenon of the underuse of classroom computers. Argues that desktop publishing is one way of overcoming the computer malaise occurring in schools, using the incentive of classroom reading and writing for mastery of many aspects of computer production, including writing, illustrating, reading, and publishing. (RS)
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Desktop Publishing, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedEllsworth, Nancy J.; Hedley, Carolyn N. – Reading and Writing Quarterly: Overcoming Learning Difficulties, 1993
Notes that current efforts to integrate technology into learning at all levels focus on the exploration of potential uses of technology in education; on research and development; and on personnel training and the dissemination of information. Suggests resources to help special educators locate services and readings for special educators on…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Resources, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
