The article describes how the use of the CPC-500 CaptionMaker (Computer Prompting Corporation) allows users to create their own captioned copies of any prerecorded signed or spoken videotape. Elementary school teachers using the program were uniformly favorable in their evaluations. (DB)

Uses illustrations and text to discuss convenient ways to organize and present computer-based multimedia to students in lecture classes. Includes the following topics: (1) Effects of illustrations on learning; (2) Using computer-based illustrations in lecture; (3) MacPresents-Multimedia Presentation Software; (4) Advantages of computer-based…

Identifies World Wide Web (Internet) sites useful for teachers. These include sites for locating lesson plans, conducting research or locating information sources, Web scavenger hunts, lesson enhancements, virtual field trips and explorations, sites that enhance collaboration, and sites for student research and for information about college…

Recent developments and national initiatives in the expansion of available closed caption television programming and videotaped materials are reviewed in this article. Projects implementing captioned media resources in mainstream classrooms are featured, and other technological innovations with potential for use by deaf citizens are discussed. (PB)

The importance of sound instructional design and planning is stressed in this article on the application of hypermedia to intervention with language handicapped children. Hypermedia is defined, its applications on various microcomputers are described, features for speech-language applications are identified, and a model for instructional…

Many educational researchers have harnessed various technologies of instruction to improve the reliability of their egalitarian and utilitarian interventions. Their experiments with adolescents and adults yield important post-course effects, yet, little is known about the effects of instructional media with adolescent or adult multicultural…

The article for parents and teachers of nonverbal children describes information sources identified by the Center for Special Education Technology including general print information as well as information on school and community services, technology use with specific disabilities, software and hardware, assistive devices, and funding sources. (DB)

A survey of 59 dental schools found most supportive of development of instructional technology but also found faculty perceived as unenthusiastic about or unrewarded for innovation. Testing and recordkeeping were the most common computer applications; individualized instruction and paper-and-pencil simulation are used in most schools. Support…

A discussion of the use of hypertext for college instruction looks at the potential of hypertext to support active construction of knowledge and outlines hypertext applications as a vehicle for traditional computer-assisted instruction, information retrieval, and creation of intentional learning environments and knowledge construction…

This handbook tells 15 stories of deaf or hard-of-hearing students and their teachers who have woven technology into their classrooms. The teachers were identified in a federally funded survey which sought innovations involving technology and media. The technologies involved include everything from a videocassette recorder to the World Wide Web.…

Computers have not revolutionized social studies curricula because so few teachers use them. But research does indicate that computers are flexible instructional tools that can assist in the development of attitudes, intellectual motivation, and inquiry skills. Social studies educators need to consider expanded computer use in their classrooms…

This document presents one module in a set of training resources for trainers to use with parents and/or professionals serving children with disabilities; focus is on computers and students with special needs. The modules stress content and activities that build skills and offer resources to promote parent-professional collaboration. Each training…

This paper reviews recent trends in the evolution of technology for use by deaf students, teachers, and media specialists. Resources and staff at four Regional Media Centers for the Deaf are described, as are general implications of current advances in communications technology. (PB)

The manual provides a review of trends in adapted computer technology as well as guidelines to the selection and use of computer technology in college programs serving disabled students. Changes in the second edition include a new section dealing with the computer access needs of the severely disabled, an enlarged product guide, a curriculum guide…

This master plan focuses attention on the roles computers will play in improving the quality of education over the next 5 years in the Maricopa Community College District. Following an executive summary and introductory material, definitions of instructional computing, computer infusion, and levels of software are presented along with assumptions…