Essays and Research Papers on Education & Computers

A 4 page review of author Pedro Hernández-Ramos explains in "If Not Here, Where? Understanding Teachers' Use Of Technology In Silicon Valley Schools" (an article published in October 2005 in the "Journal of Research on Technology in Education"). The author of this paper comments on the importance of full, not partial, integration of this ...

A 4 page paper providing an annotated bibliography of 11 sources primarily from the ERIC database. There are many studies investigating the use of technology in the classroom, but far fewer directly addressing the issue of teachers’ training needs in the use of that technology. This paper is an annotated bibliography of several ...

A 22 page overview of the importance of assistive technology in the educational setting. Providing an outline of the legal setting, the author traces assistive education from the late 1980 emphasizing the radical ascent of computerized technology in the classroom. This paper includes a complimentary one page Roman Numeral Outline. Bibliography lists ...

This 3 page paper discusses the lackluster performance of technology education in the classrooms, based on the article by Gary Bloom called: Doorstops or Delieverance. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Children are experiencing an overwhelming increase in literacy rates due in great part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the drastic improvement in reading skills of kindergarten and elementary school children. The advent of computer-based learning programs allows ...

This 4 page paper examines the assumption made by some educators that books are better than computers in the educational setting. This paper examines the foundation of this assumption and seeks to determine the validity of such a premise. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

An 8 page paper that considers the use of computers in elementary classrooms and reflects on the benefits in terms of their ability to assist in increasing test scores. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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 ...

An 8 page review of the literature for answers to the question of how appropriate computers are in the educational environment. The author reviews four specific articles from online technology journals. The conclusion is reached that computers can be tremendously powerful tools both in terms of student output and learning and also in ...

This 5 page report discusses the most fundamental principles of learning have proven themselves to apply in learning to use a computer and that those principles are also important when basic and simplistic concepts are being presented as well as applications that require a greater degree of both information and understanding. Learning and training needs must also be considered and balanced ...

This 5 page report discusses the importance of introducing technology in the youngest of students’ classrooms and not waiting until they are pre-teens or teenagers to introduce them to computers and computer capabilities. It is absolutely essential that the young students of the 21st century learn about computers and how to use them at an early age. By ...

This 7 page paper provides an overview of this issue. Increasingly, the use of computers in the classroom setting has been viewed as a necessity for emerging learning models. Researchers have argued that the earlier students are exposed to computer learning models, the earlier they will develop the necessary skills to demonstrate true ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of this issue.Computer technologies are being utilized in every aspect of higher education. Increasingly, professors are asking students to access information from technological sources, participate in discussion groups in chatrooms and on blackboards, and require students to hand in work via computer. These new technologies ...

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.

This 35 page paper provides an overview of a study of educators views on the training for computer use in the classroom. This paper outlines why computer use has become important, what current systems are in use, and why educator training is important. This study includes a questionnaire survey of educators. Bibliography ...

7 pages in length. There is little question that technology has given considerable advantage to learning skills of students ages seven through twelve, not only serving to improve present learning skills but also setting the stage for increased capability later on in school as well. Part of the challenge of acquiring a good, ...

7 pages in length. There is little question that learning keyboarding skills at the third grade level does, indeed, help improve technological skills later on in school. Part of the challenge of acquiring a good, sound education is getting the student interested in the lesson plan; while some are inherently good students, others ...

A 3 page paper discussing strategies for increasing effective student-teacher communication. The paper discusses the use of interactive writing and feedback forms, both of which are paper-based. It also discusses the use of email and class-group chats for those students with access to both a computer and the Internet. Bibliography lists 3 ...

A 4 page research paper that discusses the learning philosophy of Seymour Papert, American mathematician, educator, specialist in artificial intelligence, MIT professor and follower of Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget. He proposed in the 1960s that children could be taught to use computers as instruments for learning and enhanced creativity. The writer discusses his ideas concerning ...

A 5 page tutorial. The essay is a three-phase plan for upgrading technology in a school where 90 percent of the staff know nothing about computers. No bibliography.

This five-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion on the use of computers and the internet by English as a Second Language (ESL) students. The use of e-mail, chat rooms and spell checkers are detailed. Bibliography lists four sources.

3 pages in length. Quite to the contrary of students becoming less and less effective as readers and writers with the new software programs available, children are experiencing an overwhelming increase in literacy rates due in great part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly encouraging is the ...

6 pages. This paper gives a complete analysis of using e-books in the elementary classroom to augment reading skills. With the use of computer technology as well as innovative software programs, e-books are now considered a viable and even a preferable method in accelerating the reading skills of young students. 7 sources. ...

This 5 page paper explores the use of educational computer programs, focusing on the pre-school to early elementary age. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 3 page paper begins with general comments about integrating technology into the classroom and includes an example from a 2nd grade classroom to demonstrate the use of technology even at very early grades. The paper then provides an outline of a lesson module for grades 6-8 entitled Family Budget. Objectives and outcomes are identified. ...