Education and the Near Future: 2010
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A 5 page paper which examines what classrooms and teaching strategies will be like in the year 2010. The paper focuses on the technological changes that will involve the institution of education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: RAed2010.rtf

Educational Software For Preschoolers
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This 5 page paper explores the use of educational computer programs, focusing on the pre-school to early elementary age. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTpresft.wps

Educational Technology and Computer-based Instruction
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This 11 page paper considers the issue of computer-based instructional models as they apply to the developing area of educational technology. This paper considers the evolution of the area, the role of computer-based instructional models, and discusses the potential and actual benefits for educational improvement. This paper also makes predictions about future trends in computer-based instruction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHEdtec4.wps

Effective School Leadership
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This 7 page paper discusses specific issues related to effective school leadership: maintaining high faculty morale, parent involvement, and inservice training. The writer begins with confirmation of the importance of the principal and how the role of the principal has changed. Sergiovanni's nine essential tasks of the principal are also mentioned. Teacher morale is approached with a study that illustrates some of the many behaviors that positively or negatively affect teacher morale. Ideas to improve morale are provided. The writer then discusses the importance of parent involvement and how principals and teachers might gain more involvement. Finally, the issue of the importance of staff development or inservice training is discussed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGscld.rtf

ELECTRONIC LEARNING IN COLLEGE AND ADULT EDUCATION
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This paper is an essay that argues in favor of computer-based learning for college students and adult education students. Included in this essay are the positive uses that computer-based learning has offered. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: MTcomlea.rtf

Extreme Behavior Disorder / Computers & Education
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A 5 page model for testing the effects of computers on EBD students. The writer proposes methodology and expected results. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Generation N"e"XT
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(10 pp). For the first time in history, most teenagers and young adults are more experienced in a computer based technology than the majority of their caregivers or parents. Rather than be frightened by this new skill employed by Generation N"e"XT, we should see it as a creative challenge to learn more about our young people and ourselves. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBn-gen.doc

Hypermedia In Education
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Hypermedia is a teaching tool used primarily in schools, libraries and corporate settings. Like the multimedia tools before it, it utilizes and organizes a number of options to create informational learning tools. Unlike the multimedia techniques of the past, hypermedia is computer based and most often transmitted through the device of the CD-ROM. This 6 page paper examines the definition and use of hypermedia in the educational context. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KThypedu.wps

Improving Reading Skills with Computers
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A 5 page paper which examines how providing computers in the classroom can improve reading skills. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: RAreadcl.rtf

Instructional Strategies in Educational Computing
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This 15 page paper provides an overview of two different types of educational units in which information technology is integrated. This paper considers two different strategies for the integration of technology, one that is directed by the educator and one that allows the student to determine specific elements related to the learning process. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHComEd4.wps

Instructional Technology
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A 9 page paper discussing some of the many aspects of instructional technology and its uses in different settings. Although these technologies offer numerous advantages they will only be effective when used appropriately and according to certain learning theories. For example learning paradigms need to match the student and the learning situation. These paradigms and other issues are explained. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGIT.wps

Instructional Technology: Computers in the Educational Setting
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A 10 page overview of the importance of the adoption of computers as an instructional technology. The author reports that some ninety-eight percent of our schools have Internet access and the average ratio of students to computers has dropped to the all-time low of 5:1 yet our full acceptance of computers as an educational aid has not developed. This is unfortunate given that computers have the ability to allow us to meet two primary educational goals: the transmission of knowledge and the preparation of children for fulfillment of their future roles in society. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: PPedTec2.rtf