Offers 10 tips on using computers for newspaper and yearbook production. Offers a list of 13 resources for new and old computer users. (SR)

Describes desktop publishing (DTP) and its place in corporations. Lists job titles of those working in desktop publishing and describes DTP as it is taught at secondary and postsecondary levels and by private trainers. (JOW)

Describes how a changeover to desktop publishing, working in teams, expansion of the journalism room, and the concept of packaging combined to dramatically change a high school newspaper's approach and product. Argues for a debate on evaluation services. (SR)

Explores reasons for newspaper staff to write their own computer manual and provides 13 step-by-step instructions for getting started. (MG)

Outlines a step-by-step approach to creating a grid to help in "packaging" news items on the front page, inside news page, and sports page. Offers a completed prototype. (SR)

Examines several aspects of word processing and desktop publishing, focusing on hardware and software selection. (MM)

Evaluates the newly released Adobe InDesign software, finding that while it brings new life into desktop publishing, it is not yet a "must buy" for publications advisers. Compares specific features that are relevant for student publications, including: character, paragraph, drop caps, define styles, page setup, text wrap, defining and using…

Offers modest predictions concerning technology's role in the 1990's English curriculum. Forecasts are confined to teaching composition with computers and use of desktop publishing, video technologies, and new educational software. Enthusiasm over good software must not diminish commitment to productive talk in the classroom. Includes nine…

Special feature includes "There's More to Blur than Meets the Eye" (Davidhazy), about photographic imaging; "Photography Lab's Silver Lining" (Borchers), about recycling silver; "Budget-Priced Layout Programs for School Publishing with DPT [Desktop Publishing]" (Dose); and "Good Learning and Good PR--All in One…

Eight articles discuss ways for school libraries to promote themselves, including innovative uses of bulletin boards and newsletters; ways of coping with budget cuts; maintaining good relationships with administrators, students, and teachers; use of electronic publishing to create newsletters; and capitalizing on the controversy surrounding…

Describes two recent books that encourage the publication of student writing as a method to develop student literacy. Provides citations and detailed analysis of the two books. (HB)

This compendium of interdisciplinary learning activities is designed to assist technology education instructors who are conducting an introductory secondary-level course in communication technology. The 12 activities, which are sequenced from introductory, low-cost activities to more advanced and more involved activities, deal with the following…

The Computer/Technology Skills Standard Course of Study describes the progressive development of knowledge and skills in six strands: (1) Societal and Ethical Issues; (2) Database; (3) Spreadsheet Keyboard; (4) Utilization/Word Processing/Desktop Publishing; (5) Multimedia/Presentation, and (6) Telecommunications/Internet. The revision process…

Describes desktop teaching which involves giving students individual topics and having them prepare lessons on those topics to share with the class. Presents the structure of desktop teaching including how to prepare, introduce, set up, implement, and evaluate it. Emphasizes that desktop teaching helps students engage in discussing and learning…

A college English professor applied for and received a grant to equip a 20-station networked computer classroom designed to provide a site for state-of-the-art pedagogy in teaching English using computers. The networked computer classroom has two related goals: to provide a setting for the preservice and inservice training of English and language…