These visual outlines often appeal to students who feel constrained by the linear nature of text. These resources were compiled during NCIP's period of funding, 1992-1998. If you have any questions about a resource, please use the contact information listed for the resource. The complete text of an article by John Tenny, the Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching Department at Willamette University in Oregon. Electronic Study Tools Summarizes an article by Lynn Anderson-Inman and Leigh Zeitz on the advantages of electronic outliners and concept mappers for gathering, recording, and organizing information for a report or paper.
Students create and revise concept maps as they gather and synthesize information.
A vignette describing a student's use of a laptop computers with a set of organizing programs is included. The project creates and evaluates electronic versions of content-area textbooks that contain a variety of multimedia resources. The complete text of an article published by Judith Zorfass in Technology and Disability , describing how a rich variety of technology applications can be integrated to support students with learning disabilities as they gather, organize, analyze, and convey information. Zorfass describes the Search Organizer, a technology tool which is being developed to guide students through this process. Permission is granted to copy and disseminate this information.