This manual provides teachers with learning activities designed to improve their use of computer applications and to facilitate the integration of computers into the curriculum. Step-by-step instructions for AppleWorks allow hands-on experience in the following applications: (1) formatting disks and getting started in general; (2) word processing, which includes deletion, editing, moving blocks of text, inserting text, and practicing with a sample document; (3) printer options, which includes creating a template file, adding files to the desktop, changing page numbers, margins, or set-up, and printer type sizes and styles; (4) spell checking; (5) using a spreadsheet, which includes basic spreadsheet features, entering formulas or grades, additional functions and features, and creating a spreadsheet template; (6) databases, which includes arranging, creating, copying, and printing databases; and (7) mail merging. A data disk is available from the publisher that contains the files used in the activities. Supplementary articles from "The Computing Teacher" on word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and AppleWorks are provided. A command index, a glossary of computer terms, and a subject index are included. (DB)