The Best of Creative Computing Volume 1 (published 1976)
Compleat Computer Catalogue (Source information about resources for learning about and using computers, Books and Booklets)
COMPLEAT
COMPUTER
CATATOGUE
You've heard of Big Rock Candy Mountain, Whole Earth Catalog, Whole Earth
Epilog, Rain, Yellow Pages of Learning Resources, and Tom Swift and His Electric
English Teacher. Well here we go again with another catalog/access
handbook/annotated bibliography. The idea of this, The Complete Computer
Catalog, is to provide source information about resources for learning about and
using computers effectively. The emphasis will be on applications, software, and
learning aids rather than computer hardware and systems.
This catalog is for:
1. People who have never seen a computer and want to learn what all the fuss is
about,
2. People who are just meeting their first computer either in school or on the
job,
3. Experienced computer people who want to use their machine more effectively.
Between two and eight pages of The Complete Computer Catalog will appear in each
issue of Creative Computing. Eventually all the entries may be collected
together and published as a book (or catalog).
We would welcome entries from readers on any worthwhile item related, even
distantly, to computers. Please include the name of the item, an evaluative
description, price, and complete source data. If it is an item that you were
acquainted with over one year ago, please check with the source to make sure it
is still available at the quoted price.
Our catalog categories are not cast in concrete. However, at the moment they
are:
Books and Booklets
Periodicals and Journals
Games
Learning Aids and Films
Computer Software
Computer Hardware
Groups and Associations
Send contributions to The Complete Computer Catalog, c/o Creative Computing,
P.O. Box 789-M, Morristown, NJ 07960.
BOOKS AND
BOOKLETS
COMPUTERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON BUSINESS AND SOCIETY
Course outline and text for 40-hour course “to present a balanced view of what
a computer is and how it can be used, and also set pupils thinking about what
computing could mean to them as people.”_ This book was prepared by the
National Computing Centre, Ltd., Manchester, England. U. S. price unknown, but
it is available from:
Hayden Book Co., 50 Essex St., Rochelle Park, N.J 07662.
COMPUTERS IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: A COURSE FOR TEACHERS
This 32-page booklet consists of a fairly detailed course outline to give
elementary teachers an introduction to computers and electronic calculators. lt
includes sections on problem-solving, calculators, computers, programming,
future implications, and classroom strategies, $1.50.
Curriculum Group, Oregon Council for Computer Education, Dept. of Computer
Science, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403.
RANGER 'RlTHMETlC
Series of booklets for first to eight grade with 20 some odd problems in each
around the theme of forest conservation. Many problems suitable for calculator
or computer solution. Ask for the one for your grade level. Single copy free.
Also ask for list of teaching aids.
Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC 20250.
RESOURCES AND TOOLS
THE WHOLE WORD CATALOG
A practical collection of assignments for stimulating student writing, designed
for both elementary and secondary level. Activities included to foster personal
writing, collective novels, diagram stories, fables, spoofs, and language games.
Contains an annotated bibliography. Many computer people do not write easily or
well; this will help. $3.00.
Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 186 West 4th St., New York, NY 10014.
LAYMAN'S GUIDE TO THE USE OF COMPUTERS
The emphasis of this guide is on instructional applications of computers. lt
tends to have a data processing slant and isn't as comprehensive as some other
guides (OCCE, for example) but for $3.00 presents a reasonable overview
(although the price should really be more like $l.50).
Association for Educational Data Systems, 1201 Sixteenth St., NW, Washington, DC
20036.
MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM REPORT
Report (October 1974) discusses changes in mathematics programs in junior high
and middle schools. Discussion of pocket calculators, computers, statistical
concepts, practical problem-solving, and various university and vendor
curriculum projects. Ask for Vol. 4, No.l, "Mathematics Programs are Changing" -
50¢ prepaid.
NASSP, 1904 Association Drive, Reston, VA 22091.
SCIENCE FOR SOCIETY
An extensive 110-page bibliography for students, faculty, and lay groups. Most
references 1971 and later-mostly newspapers and magazines. Price unknown.
Commission on Science Education, AAAS, 1776 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington,
DC 20036.
CURRICULUM MATERIAL PRODUCT CATALOG
This booklet lists virtually all of the materials for using computers in the
curriculum published by DEC including the popular Huntington ll simulation
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