WHAT CAN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS

The paper provides an overview of fundamental uses of the microcomputer by special education administrators in a large-city school district. Microcomputer applications are suggested for the following applications: school-level administrative functions (e.g., tracking equipment repair, budget forecasting, and class scheduling); district-wide administrative applications (student and personnel data, management programs, and state reports); testing; reporting requirements; professional communication and education; compliance with state and federal regulations; staff development; curriculum planning; instructional management; networking; evaluation and research; and telecommunications. (DB) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. *******************qt*************************************************** U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office 01 Educational Research and Improvement EDI 03ATIONAL. RESOURCES INFORMATION :.ENTER (ERIC) document has been reproduced as qice ved from the person or organization ()NI 'Tilting it C' M.11 it changes have been made to improve Auction quality Points 01 view or oplcions slated in thus document do nut neCPcsarily represent official OE RI position or poll( y WHAT CAN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS? Elizabeth 3. Case, Ph. D. Brenda Heiman Ronald Williams A Paper Presented At The CEC INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION Washington, D.C. March 31, 1988 BEST COPY AVAILABLE PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOUFIOES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC). WHAT CAN COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY OFFER SPECIAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATORS