Full Description
Technology provides ample opportunities for teachers to be learners, as well as for the learners to become the teachers. Sometimes, the most effective technology enabled classrooms are those where the instructor is the expert in the content area, and the students are the technology experts. Oftentimes it is with a great sense of pride that a student will show a teacher how to adroitly move about in an application. Designed for both instructors and students, this book teaches an array of computer applications while simultaneously allowing the user to become proficient in technological standards. Based on Joanne Barrett's notes and shortcuts from her years as a computer specialist and computer teacher, this all-inclusive hands-on guide will assist teachers and students in grades 5 through 12 who are using computers in the classroom. Explaining concepts and complicated processes in an understandable language, this complete instructional tool covers in one volume all of the computer topics that the teacher will encounter. Topics include: · Word processing · Spreadsheets · Creating charts and graphs · Databases · Multimedia presentations · The Internet · Web page design · Programming · Viruses and copyright issues
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 1 The History of Technology Chapter 3 2 All about Computer Graphics Chapter 4 3 Word Processing Chapter 5 4 Spreadsheets Chapter 6 5 Creating Charts and Graphics Chapter 7 6 Databases Chapter 8 7 Multimedia Presentations Chapter 9 8 The Internet Chapter 10 9 The World Wide Web Chapter 11 10 Creating Web Pages Using HTML Chapter 12 11 Developing Web Pages Chapter 13 12 Introduction to Programming Chapter 14 13 Viruses Chapter 15 14 Copyright and the Classroom Chapter 16 Appendix 1 — File Formats Chapter 17 Appendix 2 — Some Great Sites for Historical Information by Decades and Centuries Chapter 18 Glossary Chapter 19 Index Chapter 20 About the Author
