The use of computers in higher education instruction is addressed from a pedagogical point of view and is intended as a guide to the integration of computers into instruction in ways that will fulfill the technology's promise and avoid its problems. After an introductory section on the promises and problems of computers, Part One ("Enriching…

This publication is intended to provide teachers with ideas and strategies for using one computer in the classroom. The focus is on elementary school classes, but some activities can be used with older students. Recurring themes are: scaffolding learning, "crap" detection or critical thinking, and knowledge organizing. Chapter 1: "Classroom…

Noting that the proliferation of computers in the schools requires teachers to know the best ways to use them, this book shows how the computer can be used in a reading and language arts curriculum as tool, tutor, and tutee with currently available software. Chapter one defines the reading process in terms of its relationship to background…