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Download full textJenkinson, Edward – 1992
During the summer of 1990, a university English education professor in Indiana responded to the writing of 20 fourth through seventh graders via a computer installed in his home. The students wrote daily anything ranging from a 3-line haiku to 10-20 computer-screen stories. The classroom teacher took the students through the steps in the writing…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, College School Cooperation, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail
Norris, Dolores J. – 1990
A writing program was developed and implemented, using available technology, to increase the quality and the quantity of written communication of three heterogeneously grouped classes of fifth graders. The students learned to use the word processor, Magic Slate II, for process writing assignments. A modem, Supra Modem 2400, and Proterm software…
Descriptors: Audience Awareness, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Grade 5
Peer reviewedLesesne, Teri S.; And Others – ALAN Review, 1997
Explains how preservice middle school teachers were brought into contact with at-risk middle school students via e-mail to discuss young adult literature selections. (TB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Cooperative Learning, Electronic Mail, High Risk Students
Brett, Catherine A. – 1993
As part of a restructuring initiative to meet the curriculum needs of the "Information Age," a plan for teaching telecommunications to middle school students was developed. The resulting program, called Bulletin Board Simulator (BBS), provided a hands-on approach to teaching students the skills necessary for accessing an electronic…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Curriculum Development, Databases
Peer reviewedShelley, Janine Onffroy – Learning Languages, 1996
Presents examples of how computer-mediated communication (CMC) affects language learning, describing a successful CMC project involving a Minnesota middle school and a school in France. Students exchanged electronic mail over two years and eventually produced a student-written, bilingual, multicultural play. Though students differed in age and…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Cultural Awareness
Christy, Annette – 1995
This practicum was designed to provide better access to current information for the students and staff in a middle school. The printed materials in the school's media center were outdated, in scarce supply, or had inadequate subject coverage. Electronic databases were available for online searching and information retrieval, but students did not…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Attitudes, Current Events, Databases
