Describes teaching activities for the first class of the semester, crucial to establishing the learning environment for the semester. Discusses reactions to the strategies from teacher and student perspectives. (JOW)

Specifies ways to prepare the learning environment for using technology. Describes business class projects incorporating telecommunications: developing career essays, making career decisions, becoming an entrepreneur, and playing Extreme Sports Web Quest. (SK)

Explains procedures for handwriting analysis (graphology) and the benefits and limitations of its use in employment screening. Presents implications for teaching penmanship in business education. (SK)

The explosion of special-purpose computing devices--Internet appliances, handheld computers, wireless Internet, networked household appliances--challenges business educators attempting to provide computer literacy education. At a minimum, they should address connectivity, expanded applications, and social and public policy implications of these…

A series of articles about the state of business education, which (1) appeals to business educators to be responsible for computer education; (2) focuses on the role of business education in preparing teachers of machine dictation and transcription; (3) suggests ways to revitalize the curriculum; and (4) challenges teacher educators to return to…

A business professor offers a plea for clarity in communication and for the use and teaching of simple, unhackneyed English, giving examples of misuse, errors, lack of comprehension, and general bad usage. She suggests various techniques for business communication teachers to improve students' communication skills. (MF)

A junk mail filing simulation is described as a simple but effective approach to teaching records management. Implementation of the approach is described in sixteen steps. Eight objectives and five variations to the simulation are included. (SH)

The author discusses the recognition and integration into the curriculum of business student organizations. Emphasis is placed on Future Business Leaders of America, a secondary education organization, and its postsecondary sister organization, Phi Beta Lambda. (CH)

In the formal school setting, the control of learning has typically been placed with the wrong person--the teacher. By modifying the control mechanism in the educational process and elevating the student to a position of "determining individual destiny," a catalyst for motivated learning may evolve. (JOW)

Business educators are faced with a great challenge--to acquaint students with new technology and prepare them to function to their fullest potential. The success of the future depends upon training students for the office of tomorrow. (JOW)