Information Technology in the Classroom

Abstract

Now that all schools have at least one microcomputer, and colleges have dozens of them, we may consider in more detail how they are being used to help students and teachers to learn traditional subjects. One of the recent spin‐offs of the computer revolution has been the interest in so called non‐numeric computing. This is the use of computers for storing, searching, and reproducing words, not numbers. There are many signs that the traditional humanities students are beginning to see computers as a new research tool, and they are also realising that a microcomputer can make easier many of the routine tasks of searching for information and essay writing.

Citation

Turk, C. (1987), "Information Technology in the Classroom", Education + Training, Vol. 29 No. 6, pp. 13-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb017372