DOCUMENT RESUME ED 315 044 IR 014 154 TITLE Technology across the Curriculum. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Texas Computer Education Association (8th, Dallas, Texas, February 24-27, 1988). INSTITUTION Texas Computer Education Association, Lubbock. PUB DATE Feb 88 NOTE 350p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference ProceedingsQ(021)-- Reports - Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Administration; Computer Literacy; Computer Science Education; *Computer Software; *Computer Usea in Educ, 'on; *EducatioAal Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; *Interactive Video; Language Arts; Mathematics Instruction; Science Instruction; Social Studies; Special Education; *Telecommunications; Vocational Education IDENTIFIERS *LOGO Programing Language; Texas Computer Education Association ABSTRACT The theme of this computer education conference was "Technology across the Curriculum." These proceedings includepapers on the application of educational technologies in school administration, business education, computer science education, mathematics, science, social studies, English and language arts, elementary education, gifted and talented education, special education, vocational education, and university-level education. A variety of applications of the Logo programing language and of telecommunications are described. over 190 papers are included,some with abstracts and references. 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BEST 121$01 AU__Ali The 8th Annual TCEA State Conference February 24-27, 1988 at Info Mart in Dallas TECHNOLOGY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM PROCEEDINGS Texas Computer Education Association TABLE OF CONTENTS ADMINISTRATION Apple Macintosh-IBM System 36 Connectivity for Administrative Applications 1 Ricardo E. Perez Designing a School of the FutureGuidelines for Administrators 3 Anthony Sassl, Richard Alan Smith, Ph.D.2 The New and Improved, State Developed, Mini and Micro-Computer Administrative Software 5 Doris Slay-Barber, Imelda Gard., Using the Macintosh in School Administration 6 Dr. Kent S. Cochran BUSINESS EDUCATION A Graphics Unit for Introduction to Computer Programming 8 Pamela Summers, Tracy Clanton Composition Approach to Word Processing 9 Susan Merritt Computerized Drill Programs for Accounting: Do They Work? 10 Jeanette Cates dBASE III 12 Martha Smith Introducing Your Students to PC Graphics (MS DOS Version) 14 Karen Rhodes Swap Shop on BASIC 15 Martha Gillispie Teaching Computer Programming: Input the Positives, "Kill" the Negatives 17 Bette J. Carpenter Teaching Word Processing in the Business Classroom 1 9 Billie Conley COMPUTER LITERACY Animated Low-Resolution Graphics 21 Pamelia Paddock, Jerry Ivy Apple Works-An Integrated Curriculum for an Integrated Program 23 Ellen Jos lin Apple Works: Teaching Computer Terminology and History Using its Data Base 24 Wayne Webb Computer Literacy in Grades 5 and 6: Meeting the Challenge of Chapter 75 26 Mike Mitchell Computer Literacy Software 28 Connie Rasa, Wanda Mattarocci Creative Lo-Res 29 Mary Jones Karel: A Robot Programming Language for Computer Literacy 30 Jeffrey A. Slomka Misconceptions in Computer Literacy 32 Dr. Jerry P. Galloway Problem Solving with Spreadsheets 34 Margaret Breashears Some of my Best Friends are Computers! 36 Diana Dille, Peggy Hockman There Are No Idle Computers at Socorro ISD (or Getting TeachersHooked on Computers) 38 Sandi Cardwell, Eleanor Seebach, Mary Ross The Chips Aren't Down! 40 Anne Meyn There is Life After Computer LiteracyI 42 Patricia Keel COMPUTER SCIENCE A Pascal Linked List Family Tree 44 J.R. Amen, Cathleen A. Norris, Ph.D. Computer Science to Extend- Expand - Excel 46 Martha Sloan, Viola Scott How to Have a Successful Student-Run Computer Contest 48 Mary C. Jones Karel the Robot - A Gentle Introduction to Structured Programming 50 Jeffrey A. Slomka Multiprocessor Super Computers 52 Richard Simpson, Ranette Halverson Run Me Ragged 54 Richard P. Simpson Stacks, Trees, and Recursion with BASICA 56 Allen W. Scott, Ed.D. Structure Editor Based Programming Environments:an Overview with Initial Results on Student 57 Performance Dennis R. Goldenson Survey of Secondary Computing Curriculum in Texas 59 Dr. Douglas L. Brown Teaching Computer Arithmetic with Bits Teams 61 Gary B. Hicks The Missing Link 63 Ranette Halverson Topics in AP Compwer Science--Graph Theory 65 Sallie Loop Why Freshrhan Fall (How to Plan a Group Project) 67 David Whipkey ELEMENTARY EDUCATION A Computer Camp for Kids Pat Jackson A Journey Through Graphics and Music to Vocabulary Land 71 Marianna Sparks An Elementary Computer Resource Center 72 Jeton Smith Apple Helps You Meet the New TEA Elementary Computing Recommendations 74 Sandy Pratscher Bridging the Gap Between Elementary Math and Algebra: Software and Activities 76 Dr. Lajeane G. Thomas Computer Technology: a Way to Cost-Effectively Improve Instruction? 78 Dwain M. Estes, Ed.D. Computers Can Enliven Your Chapter 1 Program 80 Lynn Rosenberg Elementary Computing: The Happening Place 81 Marian Piersall Implementing a Networked CAI Lab 82 Gail Alldredge, Rebecca Hunter Introducing Computers in the Elementary School 84 Linda Osborne, Susan Blanchard Introducing Preschoolers to Computers: One Teacher's Perspective 8 6 Barbara C. Gilstad Keyboarding Instruction in the Elementary School 87 Linda Osborne, Susan Blanchard Keys to Success in an Elementary Computer Program 8 9 Ann Petrillo Meeting your Spelling Objectives with a Speech-based Computerized Spelling Program 91 Marilyn K. Dickinson Networking in a Primary School Computer Lab 93 Joan Worthey, Angela Mielke, Connie Stout Producing the Elementary School Newspaper with "Newsroom" 95 Cecilia Hunter, Dr. Leslie G. Hunter Successful Elementary Keyboarding 97 Jane McKinney, Tom Boudrot Teaching and Computers: Group Oriented Computer Use 1 01 Len Scrogan The Apple Learning Series for K-12 Reading/Language Arts 1 03, Barbara Sechrest Nelson, Barbara Baxley 132 The Role of Computers in Developing Thinking Skills 111 Helen P. Mrosla, Ph.D. Using Computers in the Primary Grades 113 Dr. Mary Johnson Using the" Brick by Brick" Reading Program 115 Virginia Morrison Writing to Read 117 Rachel Lane, Ph.D. ENGLISH /LANGUAGE ARTS A Review of Microcomputer Applications in the English Classroom 119 Holbrook C. Lawson A Study of the Effect of Keyboarding and We rd Processing on the Writing Skills of At-RiskStudents 1 21 Pam Wood Can We Talk? Speech Supported Instruction on the Apple IIGS 1 23 Robert M. Caldwell, Ph.D. Computer Integration in the Language Arts Curriculum 125 Rhonda D. Clark-Randle Computers and Composition: Integrating Computers into the English Curriculum 127 Karla Burkholder, Elizabeth Presley, Sharon Lamed Computers in English/Language Arts: The Only Way to Write! 1 28 Ted A. Coburn Creative Word Processing in the Classroom 129 Lou Devenport Keyboarding-A Language Arts Activity With 3rd and 4th Graders! 1 30 William F. Kernahan Ms. Piggy Learns To Use a Word Processor--With Pictures 131 William F. Kernahan The Implementation of a Writing Laboratory in Cy-Fair ISD 1 34 Karen Smith The Magic of Computer Assisted Composition 135 Kay Bowerman, Mary Ruthe Carter, Jan Burton Update on the Teaching of Writing in Electronic LearningEnvironments 137 Dr. ChesterA. Fischer, Dr. Olga H. Fischer Video Disk: a Tool for Social Studies/ Language Arts 139 Jack McDonald What Research Tells Us About the Use of Word Processingin Writing Instruction 140 Dr. Catherine Coulter, Dr. Kathy Fite GIFTED AND TALENTED ACSL Contests for Advanced Junior and Senior HighStudents 142 Dr. Tom Allen, Dr. Pat Semmes Add Dimension to Your Classroom-Using "Enrichment" Activitieson the Computer 144 Dr. Sandra Haven, Susan Preston Advanced Activities for Middle School Gifted and TalentedStudents 146 Dr. Sandra Haven, Claire Charles, Harry Charles "Challenge" Students with Logo Writer Projects 148 Virginia Schreiner Neville Logically Seeking 150 Cassandra H. Johnson Logo Haiku 151 Dr. Bates Hoffer SIMULATIONS: On and Off the Computer 152 Nancy Williams So They're Computer Literate-What Do We Do with ThemNow? 153 Judythe Hixson LOGO Computers in High Power Archaeology 155 Albert Ortiz Enhance Learning with Apple Logo 157 Ethel J. Talbot Enhancing the Content Areas of the Curriculum Using LogoWriter 159 Judy Till, Georgann Pierce, Art Pierce First Course in Teaching Logo 161 Wanda Mattarocci, Connie Rasa Integrating Math and English Language Arts with Logo Writer 162 Dede Heidt Integrating Problem Solving via Logo into the ElementaryCurriculum 164 Linda Osborne, Susan Blanchard Logo for Early Childhood: It's EZ-er Than You Think 166 Dr. John F. Riley, Dorothy T. qiley Logo, Lists and Language Arts 168 Steve Tipps Logo Writer's Survey Tools and Grap6Tools 170 Mary Upton The Logo Dynaturtle: A Computer Simulation in NewtonianPhysics