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Warschauer, Mark; Arada, Kathleen; Zheng, Binbin – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
Can daily access to laptop computers help students become better writers? Are such programs affordable? Evidence from the Inspired Writing program in Littleton Public Schools, Colorado, USA, provides a resounding yes to both questions. The program employs student netbooks, open-source software, cloud computing, and social media to help students in…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Writing Instruction, Laptop Computers
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe; Linden, Leigh L. – Human Development Network Education, 2009
This paper presents the evaluation of the program Computers for Education. The program aims to integrate computers, donated by the private sector, into the teaching of language in public schools. The authors conduct a two-year randomized evaluation of the program using a sample of 97 schools and 5,201 children. Overall, the program seems to have…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Access to Computers
Gu, Wei; Liu, Chun; Lin, Hui-Fen – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2005
As one of the popular and promising instructional technologies, Internet is playing a more and more important role in educational field all over the world. Bringing Internet into classrooms is encouraged in many countries; however, their policy initiatives to achieve this vary. The present paper is an empirical and exploratory study, trying to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Internet, Educational Policy