Colleges are looking for ways to cut costs, and most students now own laptops. As a result, many campus technology leaders are taking a hard look at those brightly lit rooms with rows of networked computers, which cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to maintain. More than 11% of colleges and universities are phasing out computer labs or…

Richardson (Texas) Independent School District's Technology Center uses computer workstations in a local area network to support its technology education program. The curriculum features communications, electronics, manufacturing, and technology systems; manufacturing and construction graphics; and research and development in technology. (SK)

A Kentucky school district accepted a challenge to make computers and computer-assisted instruction available to all the district's students. Creative partnerships with businesses and searches for federal, state, and local grants helped raise the funds for technology in education. (MLF)

Computers have been in schools and indeed some mathematics classrooms for more than 35 years. Some schools have chosen to centralise their computers in laboratories, while others have a mix of configurations and networks. Whatever the case, how extensive has been the classroom use of computers for teaching and learning in mathematics? What has…

Discusses barriers individuals face in using computers in the classroom and the importance of eliminating these barriers. The article notes that visual, mobility, and hearing impairments are the disabilities most often encountered in school labs and that numerous software and hardware tools are available to help individuals with these disabilities…

Describes the establishment of English computer labs in five high schools in Canada. Writing skills were taught using software for word processing, spell checking, and grammar checking. Benefits to students and teachers are enumerated. Students progressed from stages of frustration with the new technology to productivity and psychological comfort.…

Computer activities that combine education and entertainment make learning easy and fun for preschoolers. Computers encourage social skills, language and literacy skills, cognitive development, problem solving, and eye-hand coordination. The paper describes one teacher's experiences setting up a computer center and using computers with…

Six theme articles address computer-assisted design in landscaping, simulation in agricultural education, Macintosh's HyperCard, computer labs for agribusiness, and using a portable computer to evaluate classroom performance. (SK)

At Clark State Community College (CSCC), in Ohio, faculty in the Commercial Art and English departments have investigated and debated the best uses for a Mac Lab. Computer needs for the Commercial Art Program were determined through visits to local businesses that produce art on a commercial level; to local secondary school commercial art…

One of the challenges in teaching a hybrid Basic Course in Communication is the wide variety of topics that can be covered in one semester. Two basic course instructors have found that their recently opened Basic Course computer lab gave them the opportunity to develop interdisciplinary assignments to help more efficiently address various…

Describes the educational Quick Response (QR) Center developed at the Fashion Institute of Technology to enable students, faculty, and industry to bridge the technology learning gap between college and the workplace. QR is a working model of a Just-in-Time computer system that enables companies to produce and deliver finished goods just in time to…

The development and implementation of a computer literacy support system to increase student computer use for language learning are described. The system was piloted with teachers and a computer laboratory aide in an urban program of adult basic education and English as a Second Language. The project had three phases, including: review of existing…

Technological advances drive academic libraries to offer faculty instruction on using the World Wide Web as a teaching tool. This article describes the development of a library/computing center collaborative program, discusses the benefits of collaboration, offers advice on constructing instructional Web sites, and provides an annotated…

In October 1992, California's San Juan College was awarded a Title III grant to implement three technology-based initiatives. The first two activities involved the use of a computer lab to increase the basic skills of at-risk students and the use of a multimedia, interactive computer lab to support the foreign language curriculum. The third…

Community college faculty interested in the creative use of computer technology in instruction should know that: (1) there is a wide range of software and hardware which is, or should be, available on campuses; (2) faculty members do not have to be technical experts to make creative use of available resources; (3) computers can provide…