Practical Computer Literacy: Internet and Core Computing Certification (Available Titles Skills Assessment Manager (SAM) - Office 2010) by June Jamrich Parsons

by June Jamrich Parsons

PRACTICAL COMPUTER LITERACY, Second Edition, provides clear, comprehensive instruction on the basics of computer literacy. This convenient, reader-friendly text integrates computer concepts, Microsoft Office 2007 applications, and Internet essentials within a streamlined package that meets the latest IC3 and other computer literacy exam standards. Concise lessons within each chapter, usually one page in length, are presented in an appealing Frequently Asked Questions format and include full-color screenshots or diagrams. Additionally, the textbook comes with a robust BookOnCD, which is a digital version of the textbook that “brings the book to life” with videos, animated diagrams, software tours and provides assessment opportunities via WebTrack technology.

Paperback

First published May 7, 2009

About the author

June Parsons purchased her first computer, an Apple II+, in 1981 and quickly became fluent in BASIC, dBASE II, Lotus 123, WordStar, and a variety of accounting programs. The next year, they opened a successful small computer retail store that also offered software instruction to children and adults.
June taught at the university level for more than 20 years, has a doctorate in Educational Technology, and was certified by the ICCP in 1995. June began writing and creating educational software with her husband, Dan Oja, for Course Technology in 1992. They contributed to the Windows for Business and Illustrated Series and developed the New Perspectives, e-Course, and Practical series. They work via the Internet with a team of highly skilled media specialists and desktop publishers located in various states and provinces.

Reviews

[karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

oh, i just realized i still had this on my "currently reading" shelf. get thee behind me, computer class!

yeah, i learned a couple of things, like what a plotter is and how to make a kickass website and how to ask the guy next to me in class to fix my spreadsheet, but overall, i think me and computers are to be no more than casual acquaintances who at one time were closer and could have been more if we had spent more time together. and it will be the start of the new year soon enough and i will put away the failures of the past (although i am expecting an a in the class; i don't fail like that) and embrace the future of collection development and reader's advisory with shining hopeful eyes. maybe this time...


and merry christmas, friends that the computer has given to me. even though me and computer broke up, we're still cool, right?? right??