Technology in Action, Introductory

by Alan Evans, Kendall Martin, Mary Anne Poatsy

In today's technology-focused world, computer literacy is important for everyone. Using Facebook and sending text messages are common skills, but they don't make students technologically literate. To engage students and help them understand how and why technology works, they need an approach that peaks their curiosity. Technology in Action does this by opening chapters and sections with questions that peak their curiosity. It also provides rich media options including interactive HelpDesk Calls and SoundBytes to let students experience and apply what they are learning. Now in the ninth edition, this best-selling, text has been updated to cover the latest developments in computer technology.

New features:
-Content updated and revised throughout to keep it current and relevant
-Visual Chapter Table of Contents "show" students what they will be learning
-New and updated end-of-chapter material
-QR codes linked in text to the How Cool is This? sections

Genres: Textbooks

550 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2006

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Reviews

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

This textbook presents excellent information in the technological sense. It does however ask questions without direct answers, instead these questions coming before a paragraph tend to be the question the reader may want to ask the author at that point of reading the textbook while the following paragraph does not present the author actually responding. The glossary in the back is more accurate in giving definitions than the chapters talking about these terms in detail. This is the only reason that this textbook is not getting a five star. It is worth buying and reading. It is simple to understand in this technologically advancing world. I am currently using it for a three credit college class called "Introduction to computers" It is well liked in class, and has excellent pictures and support material for both teachers and students.