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Chattin-McNichols, John – Montessori Life, 1996
Provides answers to the questions Montessori teachers most often ask about the integration of computers into the curricula and classrooms. Gives hardware set-up suggestions, and software recommendations for different age levels, and suggested uses. (ET)
Descriptors: Computer Selection, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education
Dockterman, David A. – Learning, 1995
Presents three ideas to help teachers who have only one computer for the entire classroom. The suggestions include having the teachers use the computer themselves to enhance productivity, hooking the computer up to a visual display, and looking for curriculum packages that inspire groups, not individuals. (SM)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Education
Hughes, Jonathon T.; Rodabaugh, Karl – 1998
This book provides an overview of the potential of multimedia budget proposals. The text reviews the fundamentals of multimedia, emphasizing how it improves communication by using multiple levels of input. A process for analyzing many of the budget decisions that must be made, as adapted from Robert Finney's five-step process of "Gap…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Computer Software, Computer Software Selection, Educational Technology
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Roberts, Judy M. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1991
Suggestions for incorporating the computer into remedial reading programs are offered, focusing on student motivation, criteria for selecting good computer programs, and methods for involving students in nonthreatening ways. Thirteen software programs are recommended. (DB)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Courseware
Ziv, Micaela – English Teachers' Journal (Israel), 1997
Israel's Software Evaluation Project sets national standards for hardware and software that is used in schools. All courseware must be approved for technical requirements and pedagogical content. After approval, the courseware is certified for use within Israel's school system for 2 years. Three times each year, schools, inspectorates, and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Courseware
Squires, David; McDougall, Anne – 1994
A new paradigm is proposed for thinking about educational software, based on a the mutual interaction of the perspectives of those concerned in the use of educational software: the student, the teacher, and the software designer. This rejects the usual checklist approach and leads instead to an approach to software selection closely associated…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Computer Software Evaluation
Ho, Curtis – Kamehameha Journal of Education, 1995
When integrated appropriately into the curriculum, technology can support the achievement of specific learning outcomes. To help newcomers to technology, the paper lists professional journals, technology organizations, and quality software and multimedia catalogs and presents a list of strategies teachers can use to evaluate whether technology can…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education
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Fink, Carolyn Molden – Preventing School Failure, 1990
This article discusses cooperative learning and computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for students with behavioral disorders. Elements of cooperative learning lessons and relevant software considerations are reviewed. Guidelines are offered and examples using specific software packages given, including models based on learning together, "Jigsaw"…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer Uses in Education
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Joseph, Helen – Arithmetic Teacher, 1993
Describes "Family Computers," an educational program developed by EQUALS that brings families together weekly to have fun with mathematics while using computers. Discusses software selection, provides a lesson plan for grades 4-8, and presents 7 tips for instructors. (MDH)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software Selection, Elementary Education, Family Programs
Clinton, Janeen S.; Laverty, Linda – 1990
The first section of this packet consists of worksheets, exercises, software descriptions and "best practices" guidelines for teachers of students with disabilities. The second section reports on findings of a 1989 task force on transition procedures for mainstreaming of the physically impaired, including procedures for referral,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Selection