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Louys, Amelie; Hernandez-Leo, Davinia; Schoonenboom, Judith; Lemmers, Ruud; Perez-Sanagustin, Mar – Educational Technology & Society, 2009
This paper describes a pilot study centred on the technology-enhanced self-development of competences in lifelong learning education carried out in the challenging context of the Association of Participants Agora. The pilot study shows that the use of the TENCompetence infrastructure, i.e. in this case the Personal Development Planner tool,…
Descriptors: Lifelong Learning, Competence, Adult Students, Learner Controlled Instruction
DeGennaro, Donna – E-Learning, 2008
This article examines an after-school program entitled Silk City Media Workshop. Briefly, the workshop engages youth in digital storytelling as a means of enhancing both their technology and literacy skills. Transcending these goals, this workshop also provides opportunities for youth to reveal multiple aspects of their unfolding identities as…
Descriptors: Story Telling, After School Programs, Workshops, Urban Youth
Henderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1992
The population of this study included the 111 public school districts in Education Service Center Regions IV and VI, serving 22 counties of southeast Texas in the Houston area. Seventy-five questionnaires were returned from 111 school districts with a return rate of 68%. A total of 24,222 computers were reported in use by the 75 districts with a…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education
Baker, Betty Ruth – 1992
This paper discusses techniques for the preservice teacher to use in planning computer learning experiences for young children. Teachers need to become aware of the functions of the computer, the capabilities of computer technology with young children, and the response of young children to the computer in the learning environment. Teachers should…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Software

Schorr, Aaron – Interpersonal Computing and Technology, 1995
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…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy

Shifflett, Bethany; And Others – Computers in the Schools, 1993
Reports on a survey of California State University system faculty to examine the extent to which they utilized computers professionally and to determine their computing resource needs. Responses from 237 faculty members were analyzed for differences in gender, existing computing skills, integration of computing into instruction, use of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy
Henderson, David L.; Renfrow, Raylene – 1994
This paper reviews literature on the use of computers at work and home, computer skills needed by new teachers, and suggestions for administrators to support computer usage in schools. A survey of 52 school districts serving the Houston area of southeast Texas is reported, indicating that 22,664 computers were in use, with a mean of 436 computers…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy

Freeman, Nancy K.; Somerindyke, Jennifer – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2001
Describes preschoolers' collaboration during free play in a computer lab, focusing on the computer's contribution to active, peer-mediated learning. Discusses these observations in terms of Parten's insights on children's social play and Vygotsky's socio-cultural learning theory, noting that the children scaffolded each other's growing computer…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy
Beaver, John F. – 1990
This study was conducted at the State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo to clarify the state of computer competence among elementary education majors. The impetus for the study was a local superintendent of schools' statement of his district's plans to employ teachers and administrators only if they demonstrate computer literacy. A…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Education Majors
Shenouda, Wagih; Johnson, Gretchen – 1995
The Educational Technology Center and the Teacher Education Program at the SUNY College at Old Westbury (New York) used a cooperative approach to integrate computer technology into the teacher education curriculum and to train pre-service teachers how to use this technology successfully in the classroom. In 1989, the Teacher Education Program felt…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Selection, Computer Software Selection
Grad, Jane; Berdes, Celia – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2005
Preparatory to establishing a computer services program for residents, Presbyterian Homes, a multi-campus continuing care retirement community, conducted an assessment of residents' computer needs, ownership, and usage. Based on the results of the needs assessment, computer resource rooms were established at each facility, with computer hardware…
Descriptors: Program Design, Retirement, Needs Assessment, Computer Uses in Education
Van der Wal, R. W. E.; Pienaar, A. J. – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1997
Because few teachers in Qwaqwa, South Africa know how to use computers and many view computers with disdain, the government mandated that schools create computer/media centers in schools. Describes Qwaqwa; its educational system; and the Boitjhorisong Inservice Training Centre. Discusses program implementation, and the training of clerical staff,…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Pal, Joyojeet; Nedevschi, Sergiu; Patra, Rabin K.; Brewer, Eric A. – E-Learning, 2006
The Akshaya project in the rural Malappuram district of Kerala, India is home to the first and largest district-wide e-literacy project in India, and one of the largest known Internet Protocol-based networks. Through a network of 600 kiosks, the project has been designed to reach computer literacy into over 600,000 households, and bring 3.6…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Foreign Countries, Computer Literacy, Internet