Discusses the uses and benefits of the home computer: energy conservation, electronic mailbox, working at home, homework, and home protection. Also discusses entertainment and recordkeeping uses, financial management, nutrition and exercise programs, and how all this will affect family interaction. (CT)

Over 200 microcomputer software packages applicable to vocational education are listed. Most of the programs are available for the Apple, TRS-80, and Commodore microcomputers. The packages have been reviewed, but have not been formally evaluated. Titles of the programs with names and addresses of the distributors are provided. Telephone numbers…

This individualized, competency-based unit on keeping business records, the 15th of 18 modules, is on the third level of the revised Program for Acquiring Competence in Entrepreneurship (PACE). Intended for the advanced secondary and postsecondary levels and for adults wanting training or retraining, this unit, together with the other materials at…

This curriculum guide, the second part of a core curriculum for a rural agriculture program, consists of materials for use in presenting the final two units in a nine-unit course for high school vocational agriculture students living in rural areas. Addressed in the first unit are the following aspects of agricultural mechanics: selecting and…