Technology In Action Complete, Global Edition - Softcover

Evans, Alan; Martin, Kendall; Poatsy, Mary Anne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1292099674 ISBN 13: 9781292099675

Publisher: Pearson, 2015

Synopsis

For introductory courses in computer concepts, digital literacy, or computer literacy, often including instruction in Microsoft Office.

 

Explore, discover, and experience technology with the immersive and adaptive Technology in Action–the book that uses technology to teach technology! Technology in Action is a learning system that pushes the envelope of what is possible in technology, and what is helpful in teaching. It is a system that fits the way students are learning today.

 

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Also available with MyITLab

MyITLab® for Technology in Action is a fully integrated system that provides a seamless learning experience. It contains all of the media assets, assessments, instructor resources, and the fully interactive Enhanced eBookallows for a continuous flow of learning. Students don’t have to stop reading to go find the activities such as Helpdesks, SoundBytes, and Replay Videos–they just click on them and immediately experience the activity. Once they work through the content and activities of a chapter, they take the chapter quiz in MyITLab and their grade is recorded in the Gradebook. In addition, adaptive Dynamic Study Modules, created specifically for Technology in Action, Twelfth Edition, provide students with personalized review based on their strengths and weaknesses.

About this title

About the Author:

Alan D. Evans, M.S., CPA

Alan Evans is currently a faculty member at Moore College of Art and Design and Montgomery County Community College teaching a variety of computer science and business courses. He holds a B.S. in Accounting from Rider University and an M.S. in Information Systems from Drexel University, and he is a certified public accountant. After a successful career in business, Alan finally realized his true calling was education. He has been teaching at the college level since 2000. Alan enjoys giving presentations at technical conferences and meets regularly with computer science faculty and administrators from other colleges to discuss curriculum development and new methods of engaging students.

 
Kendall E. Martin, Ph.D.
Kendall has been teaching since 1988 at a number of institutions, including Villanova University, DeSales University, Arcadia University, Ursinus College, County College of Morris, and Montgomery County Community College, at both the undergraduate and master’s degree level. Kendall’s education includes a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. She has industrial experience in research and development environments (AT&T Bell Laboratories) as well as experience from several start-up technology firms. At Ursinus College, Kendall developed a successful faculty training program for distance education instructors, and she makes conference presentations during the year.

Mary Anne Poatsy, MBA, CFP
Mary Anne is an adjunct faculty member at Montgomery County Community College, teaching various computer application and concepts courses in face-to-face and online environments. Mary Anne holds a B.A. in Psychology and Elementary Education from Mount Holyoke College and an MBA in Finance from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mary Anne has more than nine years of educational experience, ranging from elementary and secondary education to Montgomery County Community College, Muhlenberg College, and Bucks County Community College, as well as training in the professional environment. Prior to teaching, Mary Anne was a vice president at Shearson Lehman Hutton in the Municipal Bond Investment Banking department.

 

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1292099674
• ISBN 13: 9781292099675
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 632