In both schools and homes, information and communication technologies (ICT) are widely seen as enhancing learning, this hope fuelling their rapid diffusion and adoption throughout developed societies. But they are not yet so embedded in the social practices of everyday life as to be taken for granted, with schools proving slower to change their…

Technology is increasing crucial in human resource development. The Internet, intranets, multimedia, virtual reality, distance learning, and electronic performance support systems are some of the technologies with which trainers must become familiar. (SK)

Discusses a few reasons why many public schools are just now beginning to embrace computer literacy and technology. (SR)

The development of rudimentary programing skills during preservice and inservice teacher education programs appears to have substantial personal, educational, and professional benefits for teachers. This paper argues for the inclusion of programing skills as part of the effort to reform the teacher education curriculum. (Author/MT)

Examines how computers can contribute to the educational goal of literacy and considers the implications of the introduction of computers for changes in school curricula. Looks at the characteristics of computers that make them potentially useful in learning and their substantial influences on students' and teachers' use of reading and writing.…

The nature of computer instruction that emphasizes student programing in elementary school settings is detailed. Several reasons for the approach taken are given and constraints that those who want to start elementary computer programs must deal with are noted. The receptiveness of girls to computers in elementary grades is noted. (MP)

The continuing growth of computer understanding and use by educators makes it imperative for elementary school principals to become computer literate. Teachers' knowledge and skills relating to computers are increasing; computer costs are declining and computers becoming more readily available; software is improving in response to demand; and the…

Three suggestions for schools in the face of computerization are discussed. Educators should: (1) take a critical attitude; (2) raise questions of value, as well as of effectiveness; and (3) be alert to the transfer to education of computer language, and the constrictions that could result. (MT)

Technology, particularly computers, has had little impact on schools. Resistance to change is great. The educational-technology view of computers and the computer-as-tool view helps to foster change. (SI)

Outlines the chronology of the microcomputer revolution, the nature of academic word processing, the impact of microcomputers on historical research, and the dangers as well as opportunities this creates for historians. Concludes that microcomputers will play a greater role in both historical research and historical writing and stresses the…

This commencement address reflects on what students should learn in a core curriculum, what good learning environments should be like, and what quality teaching will look like in the future. It examines changes in education over the years, discussing the transformation in teaching and learning brought about by information technology. In this…

Views of Arthur Luehrmann, an individual who has become known as one of the most vociferous advocates of computer literacy in educational computing, are presented. Spending four out of five days in a computer literacy course on computing and one out of five on awareness issues is advocated. (MP)

The growth in information technology will bring to higher education hybrid forms of teaching and learning, a blurring of boundaries, different literacies, and changes in the way knowledge is constructed. Comparisons between the print and digital culture are made for the parameters of knowledge, teaching, collaboration, publication/authority,…

Just as the communication and information processing abilities of the computer transform the processes of which it becomes a part, so does the computer transform the nature of education and the functions of teachers and schools. (MT)

Summarizes ideas on five main issues presented at the World Conference on Computers in Education held in Norfolk, Virginia, in August 1985: impact of transferring practical information processing to technology; size of devices; information technology costs; computers at home, in public schools, and universities; and information technology's impact…