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Bennett, Wilma E. – 1980
This 322-point checklist was designed to help executives make an intelligent choice when selecting a small computer for a business. For ease of use the questions have been divided into ten categories: Display Features, Keyboard Features, Printer Features, Controller Features, Software, Word Processing, Service, Training, Miscellaneous, and Costs.…
Descriptors: Business, Check Lists, Computer Programs, Computers
Download full textJones, Nancy Baker, Ed.; Vaughan, Larry, Ed. – 1983
This guide suggests processes for making informed software selection, describes several prominent software evaluation models, raises key issues in the software selection process, and provides information on a variety of print and organizational resources. The first section, featuring an article by Henry F. Olds, Jr., "Evaluating the…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Gilbert, Dennis; And Others – 1983
The results of a study conducted during the period August 1982 to January 1983, this overview of federal agency experiences with microcomputers represents a synthesis of information gathered from interviews with staff of one state and 12 federal agencies, informal discussions, and examination of the available literature, agency documents, and…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Computer Programs, Federal Government, Interviews
ELECTRONIC Learning, 1982
Contains a check list to aid teachers in evaluating software used in computer-assisted instruction on microcomputers. The evaluation form contains three sections: program description, program evaluation, and overall evaluation. A brief description of a software evaluation program in use at the Granite School District in Utah is included. (JJD)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Dennis, J. Richard – 1979
The details and process of evaluating computerized instructional materials are presented for the major classes of such materials, i.e., courseware--the set of computer programs with which the student interacts directly to learn--and instructional software--the instructional facilities, services, or general operations which include management and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Programs, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedLathrop, Ann – Top of the News, 1983
Discusses evaluation of microcomputer courseware for school libraries, noting the evaluation process (selecting evaluation instrument, selecting and obtaining courseware for review), and steps of the evaluation program. Sources of evaluation instruments and courseware reviews, and evaluation forms of California Library Media Consortium for…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Instructional Design
Coombs, Robert W.; And Others – 1983
Designed to assist administrators in making intelligent decisions about microcomputer selection, this nontechnical guide provides information in three areas: how, where, when, and why to use a microcomputer; what questions to ask about software and hardware; and what terminology to use. It provides a framework for answering six questions the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Check Lists, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
Tennessee State Dept. of Education, Nashville. – 1982
Intended for use by teachers, administrators, and boards of education in Tennessee as they make decisions about the instructional and managerial uses of microcomputers in education, this handbook is structured around several main topics: (1) basic microcomputer information, including microcomputer components and peripheral equipment, computer…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Managed Instruction
Hodgson, Frank M. – 1983
This report begins with a summary and discussion of computer programs on site prior to fall 1983, classroom computers, mainframe computers, and major goals for computing. A chart summarizing methods of achievement of the system-wide computing plan details its goals, objectives, and actual or projected completion dates. An overview of…
Descriptors: Budgets, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs
