These instructional materials include a teacher's guide designed to assist instructors in organizing and presenting a unit of study on communication technology and a student guide. The materials are based on the curriculum-alignment concept of first stating the objectives, developing instructional strategies for teaching those objectives, and then evaluating based on the objectives. Topics covered in the teacher section include the following: using Agency for Instructional Technology (AIT) media programs, laser classifications and power ratings, engineering and drafting sketches, using computer-assisted drawing (CAD) systems, and designing a web page. The teacher edition includes the following: suggested activities, learning activities sheet, optional assignment sheets, answers to assignment sheets, teacher supplements, written test, answers to written test, and unit evaluation form. In addition, the teacher edition includes a section on use of the publication, a competency profile, instructional and task analyses, academic and workplace skill classifications and definitions, and a related academic and workplace skills list. The student edition includes the following components of a unit of instruction: objective sheet, information sheet, assignment sheets, lab activity sheets, and student supplements. The following topics are addressed in the student materials: communication careers, nonverbal communication, visual messages, visual design, interference-free messages, coded messages, audiovisual messages, satellite communication, and fiber-optic communication. (KC)