ABSTRACT
This text provides user friendly advice and support for school teachers and lecturers in further and higher education who need to know what information technology and computers can do for their work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |2 pages
Introduction to the Second Edition
part |18 pages
Getting Started with Computers
chapter |4 pages
Choosing a computer
chapter |2 pages
Making the purchase
chapter |2 pages
Cheap or free items
chapter |2 pages
Organizing your workspace
chapter |2 pages
Health and safety
chapter |2 pages
‘Green' issues
chapter |2 pages
Panic page (technophobia)
part |31 pages
Getting Started with Software
chapter |2 pages
Learning to use a new program
chapter |2 pages
Where to find help
chapter |2 pages
First steps with word processors
chapter |3 pages
Where to go next with word processors
chapter |2 pages
First steps with spreadsheets
chapter |2 pages
Where to go next with spreadsheets
chapter |2 pages
First steps with databases
chapter |2 pages
Where to go next with databases
chapter |2 pages
Desktop publishing
chapter |2 pages
Specialist software
chapter |2 pages
Computer graphics
chapter |2 pages
Data communications
chapter |2 pages
Networking
chapter |2 pages
First steps with the Internet
part |33 pages
IT and Teaching and Learning
chapter |2 pages
IT and how students learn
chapter |2 pages
Using IT in the classroom
chapter |2 pages
Using IT in presentations and lectures
chapter |4 pages
Using the Internet for teaching and learning
chapter |2 pages
IT assessment methods
chapter |2 pages
Finding, choosing and using computer-based teaching materials
chapter |2 pages
Designing computer-based teaching materials
chapter |2 pages
IT in science teaching
chapter |2 pages
IT in music teaching
chapter |2 pages
IT in other subjects
chapter |3 pages
IT and groupwork
chapter |2 pages
Using IT for simulations
chapter |2 pages
IT and surveys
chapter |2 pages
IT and student records
part |30 pages
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