Six theme articles address computer-assisted design in landscaping, simulation in agricultural education, Macintosh's HyperCard, computer labs for agribusiness, and using a portable computer to evaluate classroom performance. (SK)

Describes the educational Quick Response (QR) Center developed at the Fashion Institute of Technology to enable students, faculty, and industry to bridge the technology learning gap between college and the workplace. QR is a working model of a Just-in-Time computer system that enables companies to produce and deliver finished goods just in time to…

Programs described are a community college medical clerical individualized instruction program; minicourses in a junior high technology education class; simulation in a high school accounting course; telecommunications skills in a vocational-technical school; information processing in high school business education; vocational library media…

It has become widely accepted that the computer is an indispensable tool in the study of science and technology. Thus, in recent years curricular programs such as Industrial Technology and associated scientific disciplines have been adopting and adapting the computer as a tool in new and innovative ways to support teaching, learning, and research.…