Fluency with Information Technology

Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities

Lawrence Snyder

770 pages, parution le 06/10/2005 (2^eme édition)

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To meet the demands of today's world and to adapt to future technology advancements, individuals must use technology as a tool for organization, communication, research, and problem solving. To help students become effective users of today's technology and place them on the path of lifelong learning. Fluency covers three types of knowledge: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities. Skills consists of competence with contemporary computer applications; Concepts are the fundamental principles upon which information technology is founded, including basics ideas relating to information, computers, databases, and networks; Capabilities is the ability to apply reasoning in complex situations, which allows students to master higher-level thinking in the context of information technology. Larry Snyder covers this foundation of learning by integrating a project-oriented learning approach through examples and real-life problem solving.

L'auteur - Lawrence Snyder

Lawrence Snyder

is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington.

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Becoming Skilled At Information Technology
- Terms of Endearment: Defining Information Technology
- What the Digerati Know: Exploring the Human-Computer Interface
- Making the Connection: The Basics of Networking
- Marking up with HTML: A Hypertext Markup Language Primer
- Searching for Truth: Locating Information on the WWW
- Searching for Guinea Pig B: A Case Study in Online Research
Algorithms And Digitizing Information
- To Err is Human: An Introduction to Debugging
- Bits and the "Why" of Bytes: Representing Information Digitally
- Following Instructions: Principles of Computer Organization
- What's the Plan? Algorithmic Thinking
- Sound, Light and Magic: Representing Multimedia Digitally
Data And Information
- Computers in Polite Society: Social Implications of IT
- Fill in the Blank Computing: Basics of Spreadsheets
- Getting to First Base: Introduction to Database Concepts
- A Table with a View: Database Queries
- HAI! Adventure Database: Case Study in Database Design
- Shhh, It's a Secret: Privacy and Digital Security
Problem Solving
- Get with the Program: Fundamental Concepts Expressed as JavaScript
- The Bean Counter: A JavaScript Program
- Thinking Big: Abstraction and Functions
- Once Is Not Enough: Iteration Principles
- The Smooth Motion: Case Study in Algorithmic Problem Solving
- Computers Can Do Almost {Everything, Nothing} Limits to Computation
- Commencement: A Fluency Summary
- Appendix A: HTML Reference
- Appendix B: JavaScript Programming Rules
- Appendix C: Bean Counter Program
- Appendix D: Memory Bank Program
- Appendix E: Smooth Motion Program
- Answers to Selected Questions

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	Lawrence Snyder
Parution	06/10/2005
Édition	2^eme édition
Nb. de pages	770
Format	20,5 x 25
Couverture	Broché
Poids	1290g
Intérieur	Quadri
EAN13	9780321357823
ISBN13	978-0-321-35782-3