It is imperative that everyone learn to interface with various types of electronic equipment in order to function as a literate citizen. Business educators also face the challenge of teaching students to interface with computers and word processing machines so they can efficiently perform business office functions. (CT)

Examines the new communications technology presently available and soon to be available. Also looks at how this new technology will change the way business communication is taught. Technologies discussed include the automated electronic office, electronic mail and message systems, voice mail, and teleconferencing. (CT)

By using the electronic typewriting teaching aid, it is believed by those closely associated with its use in teaching typing that as much can be accomplished in one semester as in two semesters using the conventional method of teaching. (Editor)

The equipment and procedures used in computer word processing (CWP), the merging of word processing with an electronic data processing computer system, are described. Training of personnel to operate the system is briefly discussed. (MS)

This catalog, intended to enable business educators to furnish classrooms and laboratories for business and office education, lists appropriate equipment, office furniture, and specialty items. Each category identifies vendors' names and addresses and describes their product lines and price ranges. (SK)

A survey of 506 business teachers across the United States discovered that only 50 percent of high schools, but higher percentages of colleges, have text-editing equipment; 75 percent of schools in the western region have equipment; and the majority of all schools report inadequate equipment and financial resources. (SK)

The author presents information and issues about electronic funds transfer (an area that may be unfamiliar to business education teachers) that can be incorporated into the business education curriculum. (BP)

A list of terms allowing one to examine one's knowledge of the current state of affairs in office occupations and a listing of questions checking the reader's attitudes towards changes occurring in office technology allows business education teachers to prepare students for the office of the future. (CT)

The National Business Education Association Business/Industry Task Force conducted a survey of companies throughout the United States that hire large numbers of management-support employees in order to obtain information about current and future plans for office automation, particularly word processing. Survey results are reported as well as…

Computer data on the technical level of devices, their speed rates, and computer languages of two Oakland County Michigan area centers' business data processing skill programs are discussed to provide information for other area centers on various hardware, software, and teachware. (BP)