New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, Ninth Edition, Comprehensive (Available Titles Skills Assessment Manager

by June Jamrich Parsons, Dan Oja

Show your students with how exciting and engaging computer concepts can be with New Perspectives on Computer Concepts, Ninth Edition. Its unique approach, paired with cutting-edge learning technology, transform learning concepts into a more approachable, hands-on experience that appeals to anyone, from the computer novice to computer savvy learners. Always keeping you up-to-date, the Ninth Edition provides the most current information on computers, software, the Internet, and emerging issues and technologies.

808 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

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.