Vocational, tech prep, and business education programs can bridge the high-tech world of students' everyday lives and the increasingly technological environment of the workplace. People entering most occupations must have basic skills in using computer application programs. Computers need to be part of systematic plans to address the transition between school and work. In addition to helping students develop competencies in basic skills, the experience of using technology helps prepare them to use the contemporary tools of the workplace. 3 Writing instruction using word processing improves the quality of writing as well as students' attitudes toward writing.
Basic skills go high tech.
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