AFLM... our high school piloted a learning community (health and human services) for our district... I taught the 9th grade science component for it, and had many opportunities to talk with business partners in our local area... keyboarding skills was a highly sought after requirement for employment...when I first started teaching, the Apple platform was in use across the district, at all levels...the business department had a small lab of PCs.... by my retirement, we had two large computer labs, 50/50 Apple and PC.... as well as a 5 or 6 class sized Apple notebook portable computer carts I could check out for class use...

my county has a Senior Project requirement for graduation... it combines a research paper on an approved topic... mentorship by a member of the community that has expertise in the subject area.... with a 5 minute Power Point or other audio visual presentation to an evaluation board... followed by a question and answer session by the board...