The limitations of microcomputers, their potential uses on college campuses, and what should be considered when purchasing them are discussed. Specific uses of microcomputer networks, including one at Kansas City Kansas Community College, are outlined. (Author/MLW)

A computerized student record system will incorporate several characteristics including: reduction of data redundancy, data storage by student, historical data cumulation, effective and efficient maintenance of records, flexibility, etc. (MLW)

Discusses secondary data analysis and reanalysis of machine-readable data as supplements to traditional teaching methods in the social sciences, highlighting types of secondary data, levels of instructional use, housing data in archives, housing codebooks in library stacks, and contributions of archivists and librarians to teaching. Seventeen…

Compares 1981 and 1982 national data on numbers of microcomputers in schools and school districts, including by district poverty level. Describes computer uses in instruction, management, and computer literacy in 13 districts in eight states--New York, Maryland, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, Arizona, and California. (RW)

School boards can help determine how technology will change education so the U.S. can meet the challenge of foreign economic competition. They should increase students' time in school, overhaul curricula, attract better teachers, and thus increase productivity. Computers may help increase schools' productivity, but not soon. (RW)

To support the position that the use of computers can make educational administration more cost-effective, the minicomputer-based information system in the Ridgeway Public School District in New Jersey is described. A model of the information system is included. (JJD)

Describes glossynography, an experimental teaching technique used at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. The technique allows printed words to be presented synchronously with sound to hearing impaired students using a video computer terminal, floppy disk reproducer, and audiocassette player. (JJD)

Uses of Zenith Z-100 microcomputers by chemistry students at Clarkson College are discussed. These include: (1) programing; (2) word processing; (3) numerical methods, statistical/plotting programs; (4) laboratory data acquisition and manipulation; (5) simulations; (6) computer assisted instruction; and (7) computer managed instruction. (JN)

Over 50 major computer assisted instruction (CAI) projects are reviewed in terms of their theoretical and practical significance to education. Projects are analyzed in terms of eight categories: development of prototypes, conceptual demonstrations, major implementations/evaluations, dissemination, authoring languages/systems, intelligent CAI,…

The Prescott (Arizona) Unified School District No. 1 has developed a computer literacy program which reaches from the fourth-grade to the senior high school level. It emphasizes: (1) learning the history of computers; (2) understanding their influence on society; (3) teaching about current and potential uses; and (4) understanding how computers…

Presents a profile of resources pertaining to newly emerging computer-based technology for the handicapped together with a generic model which reflects the scope of computer applications within the fields of special education and rehabilitation. Selected resources that are highlighted include books, periodicals, and clearinghouses. Twenty…

Computer simulation makes it possible for researchers to test the potential effects of alternative school improvement policies. (Author)

Discusses college and university learning resource centers, emphasizing the use of computer-based materials in the centers. Topics/issues addressed include advantages of computer use, lack of suitable materials, material evaluation, and criteria for good computer-based learning materials. (Author/JN)

Describes principle imaging techniques, their applications, and their limitations in terms of diagnostic capability and possible adverse biological effects. Techniques include film radiography, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasonography, nuclear magnetic resonance, and digital radiography. PET has…

The computer has not yet reached its full potential in the secondary school. Besides instructional usage, present usages of the computer include computer-managed instruction, acquisition of basic skills, teaching computer literacy, evaluating occupational information, and providing data about colleges and universities. (Author/JN)