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Sacks, Sharon Z.; Silberman, Rosanne K. – 1998
The 15 papers in this book on teaching students who have visual impairments and other disabilities are grouped into three parts which examine first, characteristics of students with visual impairments and other disabilities; second, the instructional process, curriculum, and methods; and, third, disability-specific curriculum. The papers are: (1)…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Alternative Assessment, Computer Assisted Instruction
Tuck, Kathy – National Education Association Research Department, 2004
This study sought to compile a set of national data on educational technology in the classroom from the perspectives of teachers and education support professionals. It aims to provide the National Education Association's (NEA's) state and local affiliates with national data against which they can gauge their own progress in using computer-based…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Unions, Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys
Caspary, Georg; O'Connor, David – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2003
Rural areas of the developing world are the last frontier of the information technology revolution. Telephone and internet penetration there remains a small fraction of what it is in the developed world. Limited means of electronic communication with the outside world are just one source of isolation of rural communities and economies from the…
Descriptors: Technical Support, Investment, Social Status, Taxes
Riley, Richard W. – 1998
This paper contains the transcript of the speech of United States Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley delivered at the National Press Club, Washington, D.C. on July 29, 1998. The focus of the speech was the promise and possibilities of technology in education. Discussion includes the following: the "digital divide" in technology use…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Literacy
Carlson, Dawn; Ehrlich, Nat – US Department of Education, 2005
The 2001 Survey of Assistive Technology and Information Technology Use and Need by Persons With Disabilities in the United States (AT Survey), was conducted over a nine-month period from March through December 2001. Each respondent was screened in as a person with a disability based on a screening instrument developed by the National Institute on…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Assistive Technology, Information Technology, Family Environment
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Neubauer, Deane – Educational Perspectives, 2002
In one of the author's academic homes at the University of Hawai'i, the "Globalization Research Center", educators are trying to gain a better understanding of the ways in which new technologies and ways of organizing learning across the globe have been transformed in the last five to eight years and, more importantly, they are seeking…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Global Approach, Educational Technology, College Instruction
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Crocco, Margaret Smith; Cramer, Judith – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2004
Reporting on a PT[superscript 3] grant-funded technology initiative involving social studies preservice students at Teachers College, Columbia University, this article seeks to illumine the many-faceted "digital divide." Data collected between 2000 and 2003 from preservice students and first-year alumni teaching in metropolitan New York…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Urban Universities, Educational Technology, Teacher Educators
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Hackbarth, Steven – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 2004
This is the third in a series of studies examining young students' attitudes toward and knowledge about computers. Data were collected at the end of students' third and fourth grade academic years and analyzed with respect to their "love" of computers, their feelings of competence in using them, and the number of computer terms they…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Internet, Computer Literacy, Access to Computers
Tettegah, Sharon Y., Ed.; Hunter, Richard C, Ed. – Elsevier, 2006
In today's society where most students own MP3 players, engage in constant instant messaging and downloading from the Internet, more than ever school administrators and staff should be aware of issues in administration, policy, and applications. This book provides a comprehensive presentation of current policies and practices of technology in…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, School Policy, School Administration, Educational Technology
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Magolda, Peter – AACE Journal, 2006
This manuscript reports on the first year of a formative, external program evaluation of the Critical Fusion Initiative (CFI), which involved a higher education institution, a public high school, a corporation, and two nonprofit organizations. The initiative fused technology and education to address the issue of equity by assisting 16 high school…
Descriptors: Grade 11, High Schools, Program Evaluation, Nonprofit Organizations
Henderson, George; Nash, Susan Smith – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2007
This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Short Term Memory, Internet, Discussion Groups
Borden, Peter A., Ed.; And Others – 1995
This resource book lists approximately 1,500 products designed specifically for the needs of people with disabilities. Typically, each product is pictured; basic information is provided including manufacturer name, product cost, size, and weight; and the product is briefly described. The book's four sections each describe products designed for…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Augmentative and Alternative Communication
Lazarus, Wendy; Lipper, Laurie – 1996
Computers and online services are becoming a part of children's lives. This guide is designed to introduce parents to the Information Superhighway and to parenting in a world of computers and new forms of media. Prepared by the Children's Partnership, with assistance from the National PTA and the National Urban League, this guide provides tools…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Child Safety, Children, Computer Mediated Communication
Anderson, Robert H.; And Others – 1995
E-mail has swept the communications and information world, providing instantaneous global information and data exchange. However, an information elite still exists, made up of those with access to and knowledge about computers and e-mail. The diverging trends in access based on income and education are placing significant groups of current and…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Education
Lopeman, Holly – 1995
A survey of computer hardware and software access, network familiarity, and systems use was conducted to determine the optimum placement of two newly developed electronic Interlibrary Loan (ILL) forms at the Ohio State University Health Sciences Library. A sample of 205 ILL users were mailed a questionnaire, with a resultant 72% (n=148) response…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks
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