Few professors teaching at community colleges today expect students to learn every nuance of every technological device they are likely to encounter throughout the course of their careers. Educators can expose students to enough of a base so that when the technology does evolve--and it will--they have the confidence and ability to adapt and…

A survey of 388 language teachers in Texas found teachers in general made little use of computer facilities. Although they commonly used video materials, they did not use interactive media such as CD-ROMs and videodisks. Teachers' level of education, experience, and geographic location accounted for some of this difference. Teachers of Japanese…

The EnterTech Project was a collaboration of over 80 coalition members (employers, educators, community-based organizations, government entities) whose purpose was to develop a training program to prepare unskilled workers for employment opportunities in Texas high-tech industries. Development of the EnterTech curriculum and instructional design…