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Freddolino, Donna – Currents, 1992
Advancement offices in higher education can ensure that they will get the most value from their computer purchases by becoming educated about issues and options, developing a plan and standards, tracking the technology, ignoring brand names, requesting discounts, considering used equipment and prepared software, consulting, using available…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Computers, Efficiency
Buckleitner, Warren – Child Care Information Exchange, 1995
Offers basic information for childcare directors on purchasing computer hardware and software for the center. Covers reasons for having computers, downsides to computers, the kind of computer to buy, minimum requirements for Windows-based computers and Macintosh computers, and other accessories. Presents brief descriptions of 9 software packages…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Attitudes, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software
Kory, Ross – School Business Affairs, 1991
A survey of America's 244 largest school districts, with responses from 215, showed that 28 percent are actively procuring at least 1 of 3 major administrative information systems: financial, human resources, or student information. Describes the installation and use of a new information infrastructure in a Maryland school district. (MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Computer Uses in Education, Database Management Systems
Hertzke, Eugene R.; Olson, Warren E. – 1994
This book provides a total "how-to" approach for the use of technology, including information on the types of systems, hardware, and software available. It offers guidelines for determining how to match specific systems and needs, as well as strategies for implementing technology and Total Quality Education (TQE) to improve teaching. It…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Selection, Computer System Design, Educational Quality
Download full textDenholm, Lawrence – 1991
The program for City Technical Colleges (CTCs) draws on ideas and resources from government, private industry, and education to focus on the educational needs of inner city and urban children. Mathematics, science, and technology are at the center of the CTCs' mission, in a context which includes economic awareness and a commitment to enterprise…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software Selection
National Literacy Secretariat, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1994
This document contains guidelines and support materials to assist potential purchasers of computer-based adult literacy (CBAL) systems as they consider which specific system to purchase. Included in the document are the following: guidelines and evaluation criteria (written in question form) pertaining to seven areas affecting the purchasing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction
Clinton, Janeen S.; Laverty, Linda – 1990
The first section of this packet consists of worksheets, exercises, software descriptions and "best practices" guidelines for teachers of students with disabilities. The second section reports on findings of a 1989 task force on transition procedures for mainstreaming of the physically impaired, including procedures for referral,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Software Selection
