article

Free access

Computer literacy: people adapted for technology

Authors:

Y. Magrass,

R. L. UpchurchAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society, Volume 18, Issue 2

Pages 8 - 15

https://doi.org/10.1145/45815.45817

Published: 01 April 1988 Publication History

PDF eReader

References

[1]

Anderson, R. E. (ed.) (1986) Topics in Computer Education: National Educational Computer Policy Alternatives. SIGCUE Bulletin, 18(2-4).

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[2]

Aronowitz, Stanley and Henry Giroux. (1985) Education Under Siege. South Hadley, MA: Bergin and Garvey Publishers, Inc.

Google Scholar

[3]

Baran, Paul and Paul Sweezy. (1966) Monopoly Capital. New York: Monthly Review Press.

Google Scholar

[4]

Bitter, Gary (1984) Computers in Today's World. New York: New York, John Wiley and Sons.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[5]

Bluestone, Barry and Bennett Harrison. (1982) The Deindustrialization of America. New York: New York: Basic Books, Inc.

Google Scholar

[6]

Bork, Alfred. (1985) Personal Computers for Education. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, Inc.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[7]

Bowles, S. and H. Gintis. (1976.) Schooling in Capitalist America, New York: Basic Books.

Google Scholar

[8]

Broughton, John. (1985) The Surrender of Control: Computer LIteracy as Political Socialization of the Child. in Douglas Sloan (editor) The Computer in Education: A Critical Perspective . New York: Teachers College Press.

Google Scholar

[9]

Carnegie Forum on Education and the Economy (1986) A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century, New York: Carnegie Corporation.

Google Scholar

[10]

Coburn, Peter, Peter Kelman, Nancy Roberts, Thomas F. F. Snyder, Daniel F. Watt, and Cheryl Weiner. (1982) Practical Guide to Computers in Education. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Publishing Co.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[11]

Deringer, Dorothy K. and Andrew R. Molnar. (1982) Key Components for a National Computer Literacy Program, in Robert J. Seidel, et al. (eds.) Computer Literacy: Issues and Directions for 1985. New York: Academic Press, Inc.

Google Scholar

[12]

Grayson, Lawrence P. (1986) Education and America's Industrial Future, IEEE Computer, 19(6), p. 10-15, 17.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[13]

Karp, Walter. (1985) Why Johnny Can't Think. Harpers, June, p. 69-73.

Google Scholar

[14]

Kling, Rob. (1984) Value Conflicts in the Deployment of Computing Applications. SIGCSE Bulletin, 16(1), Appendix B.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[15]

Lesgold, Alan and Fred Reif.(ed.) (1983) Computers in Education: Realizing the Potential, Report of a Research Conference, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Government Printing Office: Washinton, D.C.

Google Scholar

[16]

McCracken, Daniel D. (1984) A Skeptical View of Computer Literacy. SIGCSE Bulletin, 16(1), Appendix A.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[17]

Magrass, Yale and Richard Upchurch. (1985) Computer Science Curriculum: Technography, Technocracy, Technology, or Theology, SIGCSE Bulletin, Vol. 17 No. 4, p. 59-63.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[18]

Mowshowitz, Abbe. (1984) Computers and the Myth of Neutrality. SIGCSE Bulletin, 16(1), Appendix C.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[19]

Noble, David (1985) Computer Literacy and Ideology. in Douglas Sloan (ed) The Computer in Education: A Critical Perspective. New York: Teachers College Press.

Google Scholar

[20]

Roszak, Theodore. (1972) Where the Wasteland Ends. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Co.

Google Scholar

[21]

Spencer, Donald. (1983) Introduction to Computers , Columbus Ohio: Charles Merrill Publishing Co.

Google Scholar

[22]

Trilateral Commission. (1975) The Governability of Democracies. New York: Trilateral Commission.

Google Scholar

[23]

Useem, Elizabeth. (1986) Low Tech Education in a High Tech World. New York: The Free Press.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[24]

Van Dyke, Carolynn. (1987) Taking "Computer Literacy" Literally. Communications of the ACM, 30(5), p. 366-374.

Digital Library

Google Scholar

[25]

Watt, Daniel H. (1982) Education for Citizenship in a Computer-based Society, in Seidel, Robert J., et al. (ed.) Computer Literacy: Issues and Directions for 1985, New York: Academic Press, Inc.

Google Scholar

[26]

Wolfe, Alan (1977) The Limits of Legitimacy, New York: Free Press.

Google Scholar

Cited By

View all

Guerreiro J(2016)Towards screen readers with concurrent speechACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing10.1145/2961108.2961110(12-19)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2961108.2961110
Pérez JArrue M(2016)Virtual cursors to enhance web accessibility for people with limited dexterityACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing10.1145/2961108.2961109(3-11)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2961108.2961109
Lin YWang KBlackburn SHosking ANorrish M(2015)Stop and go: understanding yieldpoint behaviorACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275418750:11(70-80)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754187
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Computer literacy: people adapted for technology
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing literacy

Recommendations

Computer Vision based Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired People
ICCCNT '16: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies

The computer vision based assistive technology for the blind and visually impaired is a developing area. The assistive technology helps the visually impaired by providing them with a greater independence. By enabling them with their day-to-day ...
Literacy LABELS: emergent literacy application design for children with autism
SIGGRAPH '13: ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 Posters

We introduce the design and development of the iPad application, Literacy LABELS, which aims to help children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) develop the early literacy skills necessary to bridge toward reading and writing. There is a common thread ...
Designing human-computer interfaces for quadriplegic people

The need for participation in an emerging Information Society has led to several research efforts for designing accessibility solutions for disabled people. In this paper we present a method for developing Human-Computer Interfaces (HCIs) for ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society

ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society Volume 18, Issue 2

April, 1988

17 pages

ISSN:0095-2737

DOI:10.1145/45815

Editor:
Richard S. Rosenberg

Issue’s Table of Contents

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 01 April 1988

Published in SIGCAS Volume 18, Issue 2

Check for updates

Qualifiers

Article

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

12
Total Citations
View Citations
399
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)69
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)9

Reflects downloads up to 27 Feb 2025

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View all

Guerreiro J(2016)Towards screen readers with concurrent speechACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing10.1145/2961108.2961110(12-19)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2961108.2961110
Pérez JArrue M(2016)Virtual cursors to enhance web accessibility for people with limited dexterityACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing10.1145/2961108.2961109(3-11)Online publication date: 21-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2961108.2961109
Lin YWang KBlackburn SHosking ANorrish M(2015)Stop and go: understanding yieldpoint behaviorACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275418750:11(70-80)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754187
Miranda EBéra C(2015)A partial read barrier for efficient support of live object-oriented programmingACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275418650:11(93-104)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754186
Cutler CMorris R(2015)Reducing pause times with clustered collectionACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275418450:11(131-142)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754184
Shidal JSpilo AScheid PCytron RKavi K(2015)Recycling trash in cacheACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275418350:11(118-130)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754183
Cohen NPetrank E(2015)Data structure aware garbage collectorACM SIGPLAN Notices10.1145/2887746.275417650:11(28-40)Online publication date: 14-Jun-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2887746.2754176
Gil JZibin Y(2005)Efficient subtyping tests with PQ-encodingACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems10.1145/1086642.108664327:5(819-856)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2005
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1086642.1086643
Gnanayutham P(2004)Assistive technologies for traumatic brain injuryACM SIGACCESS Accessibility and Computing10.1145/1055680.1055684(18-21)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2004
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1055680.1055684
Selwyn N(1997)Assessing Students’ Ability to Use Computers: theoretical considerations for practical researchBritish Educational Research Journal10.1080/014119297023010523:1(47-59)Online publication date: Feb-1997
https://doi.org/10.1080/0141192970230105
Show More Cited By

View Options

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

PDF

eReader

View online with eReader.

eReader

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

References

Cited By

Index Terms

Recommendations

Computer Vision based Assistive Technology for Blind and Visually Impaired People

Literacy LABELS: emergent literacy application design for children with autism

Designing human-computer interfaces for quadriplegic people

Comments

Information

Published In

Publisher

Publication History

Check for updates

Qualifiers

Contributors

Other Metrics

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

Other Metrics

Citations

Cited By

View options

PDF

eReader

Login options

Full Access

Share

Share this Publication link

Share on social media

Affiliations