Coping with Technology: One Teacher's Struggle to Use Computers in Writing.

Gunn, Cathy

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ERIC Number: EJ422624

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Coping with Technology: One Teacher's Struggle to Use Computers in Writing.

Gunn, Cathy

Writing Notebook: Creative Word Processing in the Classroom, v8 n3 p8-12 Jan-Feb 1991

Provides a real-life scenario of one teacher who sought to cope with the technology of using computers to teach writing. Looks at some reasons why teachers feel they have failed and suggests several staff development strategies that may make the computer learning process less stressful and more successful for a teacher new to technology. (MG)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Research, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Ethnography, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Improvement, Primary Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Writing Instruction, Writing Teachers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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