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Providing readers with the basic information necessary to use computers professionally, this work is a discussion of the past, present and future uses of the computer in teaching, learning and training.

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• I Foundations Of Educational Computing
• 1 Technology and School Transformation
• About the chapter
• Introduction to school transformation
• Historical background
• Theoretical base for the new educational directions
• How technology can help
• Information literacy and communication skills
• Current technology use in schools
• 2 Computer Applications and Impact
• About the chapter
• A tool for the teacher
• Computers in the school
• Computer applications in the home
• Business applications of computers
• 3 Research on Computers in Education
• Theories supporting computer use in education
• Summaries of research on instructional uses of computers
• Effective computer-based instruction: what the research says
• 4 Computer Systems: What Teachers Need to Know
• Hardware and software
• The mainframe, the minicomputer, and the microcomputer
• Data storage in digital computers: binary code
• Computer memory size
• Computer Components
• Information transmission between computers
• Computer hardware and software organized in systems
• 5 Teaching with Computers: An Overview of Computer-Based Learning
• Categories for computer software used in education
• Categories for computer use in education
• Terminology: CAI, CBI, or CBL? Computers and other technologies
• Problems with using computers effectively in the classroom
• 6 Teaching About Computers: Computer Instruction in the Curriculum
• Computer literacy
• Computer anxiety
• Teaching about computers
• Fundamentals of programming
• 7 Computer Ethics and Equity
• More attention to computer ethics
• Equity issues
• II Applications Of Educational Computing
• 8 Managing Text: Word Processing and Desktop Publishing
• What is word processing? What is desktop publishing?
• Why word processing and desktop publishing?
• Word processing for the teacher
• Word processing in the teaching of writing
• Using the word processor across the curriculum
• 9 Managing Information: Data Managers
• What is the information age?
• What is a data base manager?
• Why database management? Database management applications for teachers
• Teaching about database management systems
• Teaching with database management
• 10 Managing Numbers: Spreadsheets and Statistical Analysis
• What is a spreadsheet? Why spreadsheets? Teachers' administrative use of the spreadsheet
• Teaching about spreadsheets
• Using spreadsheets across the curriculum
• Statistics and spreadsheets
• 11 Managing Information: Telecommunications and Internet
• Introduction to computer communication systems
• Online databases: their use and effect
• The Internet
• Internet services
• Some interesting telnet sites
• Some interesting FTP sites
• Some interesting Gopher sites
• Some Web sites
• Computer communication and national data bases in the curriculum
• 12 Managing Computers: Selecting Software and Hardware
• Software decisions
• Copyright
• Hardware selection decisions
• 13 LOGO: A Visualization Language for Learners
• What is LOGO? Why LOGO? Getting started with LOGO
• LOGO classroom applications across the curriculum
• 14 Hypermedia and Multimedia with HyperCard and LinkWay
• What is hypermedia? Why use hypermedia? Hypermedia applications for teachers
• Teaching about hypermedia
• What is hypercard? Getting started with hypercard
• Using linkway
• Teaching with linkway
• 15 Computers in Education: Past, Present and Future
• Why study computers in education? Brief history of the development of the computer
• History of computers in education
• Microcomputers in schools: Early years
• What will the future bring? Appendices
• Glossary
• Index