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Educational Computing in the Schools: Technology, Communication, and Literacy examines critical issues of technology, teaching, and learning through the areas of access, communication, and literacy to help students from preschool to college get the most out of using computers for educational purposes. As an educator interested in technology applications in the classroom, you will discover new ideas and practices for gaining access to and correctly using technology in education such as using electronic journaling, libraries, and chat rooms. This important book explores areas such as using the Internet to foster literacy growth in developing nations, connecting schools and communities, and the use of technology to enhance early literacy.

This important book explores examples of creating access to technology for learning at three levels: state, community, and international. You will discover new facets of online p… More >>

Educational Computing in the Schools: Technology, Communication, and Literacy

Computing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in globalization processes. While globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected network of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain…. More >>

Computing Our Way to Paradise?: The Role of Internet and Communication Technologies in Sustainable Consumption and Globalization

The Complete, easy-to-understand guide to IT-now and in the future! Computers, networks, and pervasive computing Hardware, operating systems, and software How networks work: LANs, WANs, and the Internet E-business, the Web, and securityLots of circumstances conspired to make information technology what it is today. Business decisions (both wise and foolish), scientific discoveries (both old and recent), marketing campaigns (founded both in truth and otherwise), and plenty of random chance have played parts in defining the industrial, social, and cultural phenomena that personal and business computing have become. The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology tells the technical, commercial, and social stories behind the electronic computer and related technologies, such as telecommunications and software development. Along the way, author E. Garrison Walters reveals a lot of general knowledge about computers. This book is highly r… More >>

The Essential Guide to Computing: The Story of Information Technology