Computer Confluence Concise and CD and Compact Guide Package, 2/E
George Beekman, Oregon State University

ISBN-10: 0130594156
ISBN-13: 9780130594150

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 2001
Format: Paper Package
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For introductory courses in computer concepts or computer literacy often including instruction in Microsoft Office.

 

Integrates three information sources–an illustrated textbook, a multimedia CD, and a Companion Website–with a lively writing style to explore the promises and challenges of information technology, its effect on businesses, people, society, and the future.


  • NEW - Updated and expanded coverage of hot topics and updated screens—Due to the release of Office 2000 and extensive coverage of the Internet throughout, including the opening chapter.

    • Keeps students up to date with the constantly improving technology. Ex.___

  • NEW - Total text, Web and CD integration—Opening chapter introduces a graphic which guides students to the resources available in the book, on the student CD and on the web for each chapter. Compact Guide: Web Page Creation and Design is FREE with every copy of the fourth edition. This new guide takes introductory students step-by-step through the process of creating and designing web pages. Student CD-ROM: This media-rich CD-ROM has been significantly updated and enhanced for the fourth edition. FREE with every copy of the student textbook, it reinforces the material in the text via state-of-the-art 3-D animations, videos, quizzes, review exercises, and key terms. Website: Books are only as current as the day they are printed. Students can visit the Fourth Edition website for up-to-the-minute information, Internet exercises, updates, and links: www.prenhall.com/beekman.

    • Provides students with a fully interactive up-to-date educational experience. Ex.___

  • NEW - Expanded Chapter 1—Gives students an orientation to the tools and features of the text including PC basics, internet appliances, and web browsers. There's also more on ethics and social implications, and more on PCs to orient newcomers so they can be comfortable using the CD and the Web site with the book.

    • Prepares students to take full advantage of the features of computer confluence. Ex.___

  • NEW - Crosscurrents boxes—Contain lively, often controversial, thought-provoking articles by many of today's writers and visionaries in technology, covering everything from privacy in financial records to software bugs and bombs, including questions for discussion.

    • Provides students with interesting and insightful articles designed to open their minds to the many issues and trends of computers in society. Ex.___

  • Friendly, approachable writing style—Consistently praised by students and faculty. Metaphors, stories, humor are interwoven into the text, which has a unique flow.

    • Makes the material more understandable than with traditional academic textbook writing, helping students to retain more. Ex.___

  • How It Works boxes—Highly graphical and, in many cases, provided in animated, interactive form on the CD-ROM.

    • Provide optional technical details for instructors and students who want to dig deeper without interrupting the flow of the text. Ex.___

  • Rules of Thumb boxes.

    • Provide students with instant practical tips on subjects ranging from etiquette and protecting privacy to ergonomics and publishing with style. Ex.___

  • Updated and expanded coverage of hot topics and updated screens—Due to the release of Office 2000 and extensive coverage of the Internet throughout, including the opening chapter.

    • Keeps students up to date with the constantly improving technology. Ex.___

  • Total text, Web and CD integration—Opening chapter introduces a graphic which guides students to the resources available in the book, on the student CD and on the web for each chapter. Compact Guide: Web Page Creation and Design is FREE with every copy of the fourth edition. This new guide takes introductory students step-by-step through the process of creating and designing web pages. Student CD-ROM: This media-rich CD-ROM has been significantly updated and enhanced for the fourth edition. FREE with every copy of the student textbook, it reinforces the material in the text via state-of-the-art 3-D animations, videos, quizzes, review exercises, and key terms. Website: Books are only as current as the day they are printed. Students can visit the Fourth Edition website for up-to-the-minute information, Internet exercises, updates, and links: www.prenhall.com/beekman.

    • Provides students with a fully interactive up-to-date educational experience. Ex.___

  • Expanded Chapter 1—Gives students an orientation to the tools and features of the text including PC basics, internet appliances, and web browsers. There's also more on ethics and social implications, and more on PCs to orient newcomers so they can be comfortable using the CD and the Web site with the book.

    • Prepares students to take full advantage of the features of computer confluence. Ex.___

  • Crosscurrents boxes—Contain lively, often controversial, thought-provoking articles by many of today's writers and visionaries in technology, covering everything from privacy in financial records to software bugs and bombs, including questions for discussion.

    • Provides students with interesting and insightful articles designed to open their minds to the many issues and trends of computers in society. Ex.___



1. Computer Currents: From Calculation to Communication.


2. Hardware Basics: Inside the Box.


3. Hardware Basics: Peripherals.


4. Software Basics: The Ghost in the Machine.


5. Computer Applications: Software Tools.


6. Networking and Telecommunication.


7. From Internet to Information Infrastructure.


8. Computer Security and Risks.


9. Information Age Issues: Inventing the Future.


Correlation Guide to the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.


The Concise Computer Consumer's Guide.


Glossary.

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