Tomorrow's Technology and You: Introductory - Couverture souple

Beekman, George; Beekman, Ben

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 013504510X ISBN 13 : 9780135045107

Editeur : Pearson, 2009

Synopsis

For introductory courses in computer concepts often including instruction in Microsoft Office.

 

Explores the promises and challenges of information technology, along with its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future.

 

Tomorrow’s Technology and You explores information technology on three levels:

·    Explanations: Clearly explains what a computer is and what it can (and can’t) do; it clearly explains the basics of information technology, from multimedia PCs to the Internet and beyond.

·    Applications: Illustrates how computers and networks are―and will be―used as practical tools to solve a wide variety of problems.

·    Implications: Puts technology in a human context, illustrating how digital devices and networks affect our lives, our world, and our future.

 

Previous Editions:

Tomorrow's Technology and You, Eigth Edition

Computer Confluence: Tomorrow’s Technology and You, Seventh Edition

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

George Beekman is an Honorary Instructor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. For more than two decades he designed and taught courses in computer literacy, interactive multimedia, computer ethics, and computer programming at OSU. An innovative computer literacy course he created more than two decades ago served as the inspiration for Tomorrow’s Technology and You. George Beekman has taught workshops in computer literacy and multimedia for students, educators, and economically disadvantaged families from the Atlantic to Alaska. He has written many books on computers, information technology, and multimedia, as well as more than 100 articles and reviews for Macworld and other popular publications. In his spare time he hikes and runs along forest trails, takes photos and videos, and plays acoustic and electronic music with friends and family.

 

Michael J. Quinn is a Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. In the past two decades he has taught a wide variety courses, including computer literacy, computer programming, computer ethics, analysis of algorithms, and parallel computing. He has written seven books and more than 70 peer-reviewed papers in these areas.  For recreation, he enjoys playing golf with his friends.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 013504510X
• ISBN 13: 9780135045107
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 480
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie