Fluency with Information Technology: Skills, Concepts, and Capabilities (2nd Edition)

Provides readers with the tools and resources to help them become effective users of technology.  It covers material on how to set up a personal computer, install and use a variety of applications and understanding the commonalities of software programs.  Also included is  discussion of the how and why of basic principles of computers, digital representation of information, structuring information and fundamentals of networks. Information Technology defined, standard interface functionality, basics of networking, Web searching, HTML, Online Research, Debugging, database concepts,spreadsheet development, database queries, database design, privacy and secuirty andfundamental javascript concepts.  For individuals who want to become effective users of technology and use it as a tool for organization, communication, research, and problem solving.

Larry Snyder was the chairman of the National Research Council's (NRC) committee that issued the report, "Being Fluent with Information Technology." It is this NRC committee, funded by the National Science Foundation, that identified the three types of knowledge needed in Fluency. Larry received his BA in 1968 from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. in 1973 at Carnegie Mellon. Since then he has taught at schools like Yale, MIT, Harvard, and Syndey University before settling down in 1983 at the University of Washington.